From 931ab4a5ce2d93cb434dc7fc067a702117453b13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Paul E. McKenney" Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 09:59:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] atomics: Revert addition of comment header to spin_unlock_wait() There is still considerable confusion as to the semantics of spin_unlock_wait(), but there seems to be universal agreement that it is not that of a lock/unlock pair. This commit therefore removes the comment added by 6016ffc3874d ("atomics: Add header comment so spin_unlock_wait()") in order to prevent at least that flavor of confusion. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney --- include/linux/spinlock.h | 20 -------------------- 1 file changed, 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h index d9510e8..59248dc 100644 --- a/include/linux/spinlock.h +++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h @@ -369,26 +369,6 @@ static __always_inline int spin_trylock_irq(spinlock_t *lock) raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(spinlock_check(lock), flags); \ }) -/** - * spin_unlock_wait - Interpose between successive critical sections - * @lock: the spinlock whose critical sections are to be interposed. - * - * Semantically this is equivalent to a spin_lock() immediately - * followed by a spin_unlock(). However, most architectures have - * more efficient implementations in which the spin_unlock_wait() - * cannot block concurrent lock acquisition, and in some cases - * where spin_unlock_wait() does not write to the lock variable. - * Nevertheless, spin_unlock_wait() can have high overhead, so if - * you feel the need to use it, please check to see if there is - * a better way to get your job done. - * - * The ordering guarantees provided by spin_unlock_wait() are: - * - * 1. All accesses preceding the spin_unlock_wait() happen before - * any accesses in later critical sections for this same lock. - * 2. All accesses following the spin_unlock_wait() happen after - * any accesses in earlier critical sections for this same lock. - */ static __always_inline void spin_unlock_wait(spinlock_t *lock) { raw_spin_unlock_wait(&lock->rlock); -- 2.7.4