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* [PATCH 01/13] mutex: add atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock
@ 2009-03-19 18:04 Eric Paris
  2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 02/13] fsnotify: unified filesystem notification backend Eric Paris
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From: Eric Paris @ 2009-03-19 18:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: viro, hch, alan, sfr, john, rlove, akpm

Much like the atomic_dec_and_lock() function in which we take an hold a
spin_lock if we drop the atomic to 0 this function takes and holds the
mutex if we dec the atomic to 0.

Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
---

 include/linux/mutex.h |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index 3069ec7..93054fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -151,4 +151,27 @@ extern int __must_check mutex_lock_killable(struct mutex *lock);
 extern int mutex_trylock(struct mutex *lock);
 extern void mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock);
 
+/**
+ * atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock - return holding mutex if we dec to 0
+ * @cnt: the atomic which we are to dec
+ * @lock: the mutex to return holding if we dec to 0
+ *
+ * return true and hold lock if we dec to 0, return false otherwise
+ */
+static inline int atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(atomic_t *cnt, struct mutex *lock)
+{
+	/* dec if we can't possibly hit 0 */
+	if (atomic_add_unless(cnt, -1, 1))
+		return 0;
+	/* we might hit 0, so take the lock */
+	mutex_lock(lock);
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(cnt)) {
+		/* when we actually did the dec, we didn't hit 0 */
+		mutex_unlock(lock);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	/* we hit 0, and we hold the lock */
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #endif


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2009-04-07 23:45   ` Paul E. McKenney
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 03/13] fsnotify: add group priorities Eric Paris
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 04/13] fsnotify: add in inode fsnotify markings Eric Paris
2009-03-23  9:28   ` Al Viro
2009-03-23  9:53     ` Al Viro
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 05/13] fsnotify: parent event notification Eric Paris
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 06/13] dnotify: reimplement dnotify using fsnotify Eric Paris
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 07/13] fsnotify: generic notification queue and waitq Eric Paris
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 08/13] fsnotify: include pathnames with entries when possible Eric Paris
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 09/13] fsnotify: add correlations between events Eric Paris
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 10/13] fsnotify: allow groups to add private data to events Eric Paris
2009-03-23 11:04   ` Al Viro
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 11/13] fsnotify: fsnotify marks on inodes pin them in core Eric Paris
2009-03-19 18:05 ` [PATCH 12/13] fsnotify: handle filesystem unmounts with fsnotify marks Eric Paris
2009-03-19 18:06 ` [PATCH 13/13] inotify: reimplement inotify using fsnotify Eric Paris
2009-03-23 10:29   ` Al Viro

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