Re: [PATCH] Text Edit Lock - Architecture Independent Code - kerneldoc

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Sun Jul 15 2007 - 19:30:28 EST


Please drop. Will be replaced by
text-edit-lock-architecture-independent-code-kerneldoc-implementation.patch

* Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Text Edit Lock - Architecture Independent Code - kerneldoc
>
> Add kerneldoc to text edit lock API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> include/linux/memory.h | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/linux/memory.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/include/linux/memory.h 2007-07-14 20:08:50.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/linux/memory.h 2007-07-14 20:18:13.000000000 -0400
> @@ -86,11 +86,24 @@ extern int remove_memory_block(unsigned
> register_memory_notifier(&fn##_mem_nb); \
> }
>
> -/*
> - * Take and release the kernel text modification lock, used for code patching.
> +/**
> + * kernel_text_lock - Take the kernel text modification lock
> + *
> + * Insures mutual write exclusion of kernel and modules text live text
> + * modification. Should be used for code patching.
> * Users of this lock can sleep.
> */
> +
> extern void kernel_text_lock(void);
> +
> +/**
> + * kernel_text_unlock - Release the kernel text modification lock
> + *
> + * Insures mutual write exclusion of kernel and modules text live text
> + * modification. Should be used for code patching.
> + * Users of this lock can sleep.
> + */
> +
> extern void kernel_text_unlock(void);
>
> #endif /* _LINUX_MEMORY_H_ */
> --
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
> OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68
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