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authorThomas Gleixner2014-05-22 03:25:47 +0000
committerThomas Gleixner2014-06-21 22:05:30 +0200
commit8930ed80f970a90a795239e7415c9b0e6f964649 (patch)
tree10463885f150543faaaf621e7ff85bbe6a81c911 /kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
parentc051b21f71d1ffdfd7ad406a1ef5ede5e5f974c5 (diff)
rtmutex: Cleanup deadlock detector debug logic
The conditions under which deadlock detection is conducted are unclear and undocumented. Add constants instead of using 0/1 and provide a selection function which hides the additional debug dependency from the calling code. Add comments where needed. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140522031949.947264874@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
index cd3ec209d0c8..855212501407 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex_common.h
@@ -102,6 +102,21 @@ static inline struct task_struct *rt_mutex_owner(struct rt_mutex *lock)
}
/*
+ * Constants for rt mutex functions which have a selectable deadlock
+ * detection.
+ *
+ * RT_MUTEX_MIN_CHAINWALK: Stops the lock chain walk when there are
+ * no further PI adjustments to be made.
+ *
+ * RT_MUTEX_FULL_CHAINWALK: Invoke deadlock detection with a full
+ * walk of the lock chain.
+ */
+enum rtmutex_chainwalk {
+ RT_MUTEX_MIN_CHAINWALK,
+ RT_MUTEX_FULL_CHAINWALK,
+};
+
+/*
* PI-futex support (proxy locking functions, etc.):
*/
extern struct task_struct *rt_mutex_next_owner(struct rt_mutex *lock);