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Date:	Fri, 19 Sep 2014 04:44:27 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Rik van Riel <tipbot@...or.com>
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Subject: [tip:sched/core] seqlock:
  Add irqsave variant of read_seqbegin_or_lock()

Commit-ID:  ef8ac06359ddf95431cf6bb04ad2b36fff562328
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ef8ac06359ddf95431cf6bb04ad2b36fff562328
Author:     Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:12:14 -0400
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 12:35:16 +0200

seqlock: Add irqsave variant of read_seqbegin_or_lock()

There are cases where read_seqbegin_or_lock() needs to block irqs,
because the seqlock in question nests inside a lock that is also
be taken from irq context.

Add read_seqbegin_or_lock_irqsave() and done_seqretry_irqrestore(), which
are almost identical to read_seqbegin_or_lock() and done_seqretry().

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: prarit@...hat.com
Cc: oleg@...hat.com
Cc: sgruszka@...hat.com
Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1410527535-9814-2-git-send-email-riel@redhat.com
[ Improved the readability of the code a bit. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 include/linux/seqlock.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index cc35963..f5df8f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -456,4 +456,23 @@ read_sequnlock_excl_irqrestore(seqlock_t *sl, unsigned long flags)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sl->lock, flags);
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long
+read_seqbegin_or_lock_irqsave(seqlock_t *lock, int *seq)
+{
+	unsigned long flags = 0;
+
+	if (!(*seq & 1))	/* Even */
+		*seq = read_seqbegin(lock);
+	else			/* Odd */
+		read_seqlock_excl_irqsave(lock, flags);
+
+	return flags;
+}
+
+static inline void
+done_seqretry_irqrestore(seqlock_t *lock, int seq, unsigned long flags)
+{
+	if (seq & 1)
+		read_sequnlock_excl_irqrestore(lock, flags);
+}
 #endif /* __LINUX_SEQLOCK_H */
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