Improve semaphore documentation
Move documentation from semaphore.h to semaphore.c as requested by Andrew Morton. Also reformat to kernel-doc style and add some more notes about the implementation. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
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* Author: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
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*
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* Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2
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*
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* This file implements counting semaphores.
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* A counting semaphore may be acquired 'n' times before sleeping.
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* See mutex.c for single-acquisition sleeping locks which enforce
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* rules which allow code to be debugged more easily.
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*/
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/*
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* Some notes on the implementation:
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*
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* The spinlock controls access to the other members of the semaphore.
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* down_trylock() and up() can be called from interrupt context, so we
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* have to disable interrupts when taking the lock. It turns out various
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* parts of the kernel expect to be able to use down() on a semaphore in
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* interrupt context when they know it will succeed, so we have to use
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* irqsave variants for down(), down_interruptible() and down_killable()
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* too.
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*
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* The ->count variable represents how many more tasks can acquire this
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* semaphore. If it's zero, there may be tasks waiting on the wait_list.
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*/
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#include <linux/compiler.h>
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#include <linux/semaphore.h>
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#include <linux/spinlock.h>
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/*
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* Some notes on the implementation:
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*
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* down_trylock() and up() can be called from interrupt context.
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* So we have to disable interrupts when taking the lock.
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*
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* The ->count variable defines how many more tasks can acquire the
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* semaphore. If it's zero, there may be tasks waiting on the list.
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*/
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static noinline void __down(struct semaphore *sem);
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static noinline int __down_interruptible(struct semaphore *sem);
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static noinline int __down_killable(struct semaphore *sem);
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static noinline int __down_timeout(struct semaphore *sem, long jiffies);
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static noinline void __up(struct semaphore *sem);
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/**
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* down - acquire the semaphore
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* @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
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*
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* Acquires the semaphore. If no more tasks are allowed to acquire the
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* semaphore, calling this function will put the task to sleep until the
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* semaphore is released.
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*
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* Use of this function is deprecated, please use down_interruptible() or
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* down_killable() instead.
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*/
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void down(struct semaphore *sem)
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{
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unsigned long flags;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(down);
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/**
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* down_interruptible - acquire the semaphore unless interrupted
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* @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
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*
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* Attempts to acquire the semaphore. If no more tasks are allowed to
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* acquire the semaphore, calling this function will put the task to sleep.
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* If the sleep is interrupted by a signal, this function will return -EINTR.
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* If the semaphore is successfully acquired, this function returns 0.
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*/
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int down_interruptible(struct semaphore *sem)
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{
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unsigned long flags;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_interruptible);
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/**
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* down_killable - acquire the semaphore unless killed
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* @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
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*
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* Attempts to acquire the semaphore. If no more tasks are allowed to
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* acquire the semaphore, calling this function will put the task to sleep.
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* If the sleep is interrupted by a fatal signal, this function will return
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* -EINTR. If the semaphore is successfully acquired, this function returns
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* 0.
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*/
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int down_killable(struct semaphore *sem)
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{
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unsigned long flags;
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* @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
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*
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* Try to acquire the semaphore atomically. Returns 0 if the mutex has
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* been acquired successfully and 1 if it is contended.
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* been acquired successfully or 1 if it it cannot be acquired.
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*
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* NOTE: This return value is inverted from both spin_trylock and
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* mutex_trylock! Be careful about this when converting code.
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_trylock);
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/**
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* down_timeout - acquire the semaphore within a specified time
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* @sem: the semaphore to be acquired
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* @jiffies: how long to wait before failing
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*
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* Attempts to acquire the semaphore. If no more tasks are allowed to
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* acquire the semaphore, calling this function will put the task to sleep.
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* If the semaphore is not released within the specified number of jiffies,
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* this function returns -ETIME. It returns 0 if the semaphore was acquired.
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*/
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int down_timeout(struct semaphore *sem, long jiffies)
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{
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unsigned long flags;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_timeout);
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/**
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* up - release the semaphore
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* @sem: the semaphore to release
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*
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* Release the semaphore. Unlike mutexes, up() may be called from any
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* context and even by tasks which have never called down().
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*/
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void up(struct semaphore *sem)
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{
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unsigned long flags;
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