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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c index 6e6cab7ac12f..2f443ed2320a 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c @@ -1619,11 +1619,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__rt_mutex_init); * rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked - initialize and lock a rt_mutex on behalf of a * proxy owner * - * @lock: the rt_mutex to be locked + * @lock: the rt_mutex to be locked * @proxy_owner:the task to set as owner * * No locking. Caller has to do serializing itself - * Special API call for PI-futex support + * + * Special API call for PI-futex support. This initializes the rtmutex and + * assigns it to @proxy_owner. Concurrent operations on the rtmutex are not + * possible at this point because the pi_state which contains the rtmutex + * is not yet visible to other tasks. */ void rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(struct rt_mutex *lock, struct task_struct *proxy_owner) @@ -1637,10 +1641,14 @@ void rt_mutex_init_proxy_locked(struct rt_mutex *lock, /** * rt_mutex_proxy_unlock - release a lock on behalf of owner * - * @lock: the rt_mutex to be locked + * @lock: the rt_mutex to be locked * * No locking. Caller has to do serializing itself - * Special API call for PI-futex support + * + * Special API call for PI-futex support. This merrily cleans up the rtmutex + * (debugging) state. Concurrent operations on this rt_mutex are not + * possible because it belongs to the pi_state which is about to be freed + * and it is not longer visible to other tasks. */ void rt_mutex_proxy_unlock(struct rt_mutex *lock, struct task_struct *proxy_owner) |