Re: [PATCH 2/3] lockmeter: lockmeter fix for generic_read_trylock

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Ray Bryant wrote:

> Update lockmeter.c with generic_raw_read_trylock fix.
>
> + * Generic declaration of the raw read_trylock() function,
> + * architectures are supposed to optimize this:
> + */
> +int __lockfunc generic_raw_read_trylock(rwlock_t *lock)
> +{
> +	_metered_read_lock(lock, __builtin_return_address(0));
> +	return 1;
> +}

What's really going on here? I'm slightly confused by the 
_metered_read_lock usage.

Thanks,
	Zwane

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