linux-kernel - [PATCH] Text Edit Lock - Architecture Independent Code

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Date:	Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:28:07 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	hch@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Text Edit Lock - Architecture Independent Code - kerneldoc

Text Edit Lock - Architecture Independent Code - kerneldoc

Add kerneldoc to text edit lock API.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
CC: hch@...radead.org
---
 include/linux/memory.h |   17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/linux/memory.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/include/linux/memory.h	2007-07-14 20:08:50.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/linux/memory.h	2007-07-14 20:18:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -86,11 +86,24 @@ extern int remove_memory_block(unsigned 
 	register_memory_notifier(&fn##_mem_nb);			\
 }
 
-/*
- * Take and release the kernel text modification lock, used for code patching.
+/**
+ * kernel_text_lock     -   Take the kernel text modification lock
+ *
+ * Insures mutual write exclusion of kernel and modules text live text
+ * modification. Should be used for code patching.
  * Users of this lock can sleep.
  */
+
 extern void kernel_text_lock(void);
+
+/**
+ * kernel_text_unlock   -   Release the kernel text modification lock
+ *
+ * Insures mutual write exclusion of kernel and modules text live text
+ * modification. Should be used for code patching.
+ * Users of this lock can sleep.
+ */
+
 extern void kernel_text_unlock(void);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_MEMORY_H_ */
-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F  BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68
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