kernel_optimize_test/Documentation/DocBook
Stefan Richter 1ee4168057 Documentation: kernel-locking: mutex_trylock cannot be used in interrupt context
Chapter 6 is right about mutex_trylock, but chapter 10 wasn't.  This error
was introduced during semaphore-to-mutex conversion of the Unreliable
guide.  :-)

If user context which performs mutex_lock() or mutex_trylock() is
preempted by interrupt context which performs mutex_trylock() on the same
mutex instance, a deadlock occurs.  This is because these functions do not
disable local IRQs when they operate on mutex->wait_lock.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-08-20 09:34:56 -07:00
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dvb V4L/DVB: DocBook/dvb: Update spec to reflect the current FE capabilities 2010-08-02 15:03:17 -03:00
v4l V4L/DVB: v4l: Add driver for Samsung S5P SoC video postprocessor 2010-08-08 23:43:01 -03:00
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device-drivers.tmpl Driver core: reduce duplicated code for platform_device creation 2010-08-05 13:53:34 -07:00
deviceiobook.tmpl docbook: fix errors from x86 headers merger 2010-03-03 07:32:39 -08:00
drm.tmpl drm: fix typos in Linux DRM Developer's Guide 2010-06-03 13:13:32 +10:00
filesystems.tmpl
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genericirq.tmpl
kernel-api.tmpl kfifo: replace the old non generic API 2010-08-11 08:59:23 -07:00
kernel-hacking.tmpl
kernel-locking.tmpl Documentation: kernel-locking: mutex_trylock cannot be used in interrupt context 2010-08-20 09:34:56 -07:00
kgdb.tmpl kgdb,docs: Update the kgdb docs to include kms 2010-08-05 10:53:11 -05:00
libata.tmpl Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev 2010-05-20 09:27:37 -07:00
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mcabook.tmpl
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media-indices.tmpl
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networking.tmpl
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regulator.tmpl
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scsi.tmpl Documentation: update broken web addresses. 2010-08-04 15:21:40 +02:00
sh.tmpl sh: fixup the docbook paths for clock framework shuffling. 2010-05-13 18:42:25 +09:00
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writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl ALSA: Update the documentation for changes of proc files 2010-04-13 12:55:09 +02:00
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