From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762089AbXGOXaZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:30:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757329AbXGOXaM (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:30:12 -0400 Received: from tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net ([209.226.175.25]:54232 "EHLO tomts5-srv.bellnexxia.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755001AbXGOXaK (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:30:10 -0400 Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:30:07 -0400 From: Mathieu Desnoyers To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: hch@infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Text Edit Lock - Architecture Independent Code - kerneldoc Message-ID: <20070715233007.GA22428@Krystal> References: <20070714012133.612727310@polymtl.ca> <20070714012411.845928928@polymtl.ca> <20070715012807.GA23209@Krystal> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070715012807.GA23209@Krystal> X-Editor: vi X-Info: http://krystal.dyndns.org:8080 X-Operating-System: Linux/2.6.21.3-grsec (i686) X-Uptime: 19:29:43 up 8 days, 13:34, 3 users, load average: 1.72, 0.70, 0.32 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Please drop. Will be replaced by text-edit-lock-architecture-independent-code-kerneldoc-implementation.patch * Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca) wrote: > Text Edit Lock - Architecture Independent Code - kerneldoc > > Add kerneldoc to text edit lock API. > > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers > CC: hch@infradead.org > --- > 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 -- Mathieu Desnoyers Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68