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David Howells wrote:
> + /* set up my own style of waitqueue */
> + waiter.task = tsk;
> +
Any reason why you're setting up your own style of waitqueue in
mutex-simple.c instead of just using the kernel's style of waitqueue?
> +
> +/*
> + * release a single token back to a mutex
> + * - entered with lock held and interrupts disabled
> + * - the queue will not be empty
> + */
> +void __up(struct mutex *mutex)
> +{
> + struct mutex_waiter *waiter;
> + struct task_struct *tsk;
> +
> + /* grant the token to the process at the front of the queue */
> + waiter = list_entry(mutex->wait_list.next, struct mutex_waiter, list);
> +
> + /* we must be careful not to touch 'waiter' after we set ->task = NULL.
> + * - it is an allocated on the waiter's stack and may become invalid at
> + * any time after that point (due to a wakeup from another source).
> + */
> + list_del_init(&waiter->list);
> + tsk = waiter->task;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEX_OWNER
> + mutex->__owner = tsk;
> +#endif
> + mb();
This should be smp_mb(), I think.
> + waiter->task = NULL;
> + wake_up_process(tsk);
> + put_task_struct(tsk);
> +}
Thanks,
Nick
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SUSE Labs, Novell Inc.
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