linux/drivers/char/tty_mutex.c
Arnd Bergmann b07471fa51 tty: implement BTM as mutex instead of BKL
The tty locking now follows the rules for mutexes, so
we can replace the BKL usage with a new subsystem
wide mutex.

Using a regular mutex here will change the behaviour
when blocked on the BTM from spinning to sleeping,
but that should not be visible to the user.

Using the mutex also means that all the BTM is now
covered by lockdep.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-08-10 13:47:44 -07:00

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/*
* drivers/char/tty_lock.c
*/
#include <linux/tty.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
#include <linux/semaphore.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
/*
* The 'big tty mutex'
*
* This mutex is taken and released by tty_lock() and tty_unlock(),
* replacing the older big kernel lock.
* It can no longer be taken recursively, and does not get
* released implicitly while sleeping.
*
* Don't use in new code.
*/
static DEFINE_MUTEX(big_tty_mutex);
struct task_struct *__big_tty_mutex_owner;
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__big_tty_mutex_owner);
/*
* Getting the big tty mutex.
*/
void __lockfunc tty_lock(void)
{
struct task_struct *task = current;
WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner == task);
mutex_lock(&big_tty_mutex);
__big_tty_mutex_owner = task;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock);
void __lockfunc tty_unlock(void)
{
struct task_struct *task = current;
WARN_ON(__big_tty_mutex_owner != task);
__big_tty_mutex_owner = NULL;
mutex_unlock(&big_tty_mutex);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unlock);