linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.10 574/717] Documentation: seqlock: s/LOCKTYPE/LOCKNAME/g

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Date:   Mon, 28 Dec 2020 13:49:32 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        "Ahmed S. Darwish" <a.darwish@...utronix.de>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10 574/717] Documentation: seqlock: s/LOCKTYPE/LOCKNAME/g

From: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@...utronix.de>

commit cf48647243cc28d15280600292db5777592606c5 upstream.

Sequence counters with an associated write serialization lock are called
seqcount_LOCKNAME_t. Fix the documentation accordingly.

While at it, remove a paragraph that inappropriately discussed a
seqlock.h implementation detail.

Fixes: 6dd699b13d53 ("seqlock: seqcount_LOCKNAME_t: Standardize naming convention")
Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201206162143.14387-2-a.darwish@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst |   21 ++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Read path::
 
 .. _seqcount_locktype_t:
 
-Sequence counters with associated locks (``seqcount_LOCKTYPE_t``)
+Sequence counters with associated locks (``seqcount_LOCKNAME_t``)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 As discussed at :ref:`seqcount_t`, sequence count write side critical
@@ -115,27 +115,26 @@ The following sequence counters with ass
   - ``seqcount_mutex_t``
   - ``seqcount_ww_mutex_t``
 
-The plain seqcount read and write APIs branch out to the specific
-seqcount_LOCKTYPE_t implementation at compile-time. This avoids kernel
-API explosion per each new seqcount LOCKTYPE.
+The sequence counter read and write APIs can take either a plain
+seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants above.
 
-Initialization (replace "LOCKTYPE" with one of the supported locks)::
+Initialization (replace "LOCKNAME" with one of the supported locks)::
 
 	/* dynamic */
-	seqcount_LOCKTYPE_t foo_seqcount;
-	seqcount_LOCKTYPE_init(&foo_seqcount, &lock);
+	seqcount_LOCKNAME_t foo_seqcount;
+	seqcount_LOCKNAME_init(&foo_seqcount, &lock);
 
 	/* static */
-	static seqcount_LOCKTYPE_t foo_seqcount =
-		SEQCNT_LOCKTYPE_ZERO(foo_seqcount, &lock);
+	static seqcount_LOCKNAME_t foo_seqcount =
+		SEQCNT_LOCKNAME_ZERO(foo_seqcount, &lock);
 
 	/* C99 struct init */
 	struct {
-		.seq   = SEQCNT_LOCKTYPE_ZERO(foo.seq, &lock),
+		.seq   = SEQCNT_LOCKNAME_ZERO(foo.seq, &lock),
 	} foo;
 
 Write path: same as in :ref:`seqcount_t`, while running from a context
-with the associated LOCKTYPE lock acquired.
+with the associated write serialization lock acquired.
 
 Read path: same as in :ref:`seqcount_t`.