4 * This is the traditional BKL - big kernel lock. Largely
5 * relegated to obsolescense, but used by various less
6 * important (or lazy) subsystems.
8 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
9 #include <linux/module.h>
10 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
12 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL
14 * The 'big kernel semaphore'
16 * This mutex is taken and released recursively by lock_kernel()
17 * and unlock_kernel(). It is transparently dropped and reacquired
18 * over schedule(). It is used to protect legacy code that hasn't
19 * been migrated to a proper locking design yet.
21 * Note: code locked by this semaphore will only be serialized against
22 * other code using the same locking facility. The code guarantees that
23 * the task remains on the same CPU.
25 * Don't use in new code.
27 static DECLARE_MUTEX(kernel_sem
);
30 * Re-acquire the kernel semaphore.
32 * This function is called with preemption off.
34 * We are executing in schedule() so the code must be extremely careful
35 * about recursion, both due to the down() and due to the enabling of
36 * preemption. schedule() will re-check the preemption flag after
37 * reacquiring the semaphore.
39 int __lockfunc
__reacquire_kernel_lock(void)
41 struct task_struct
*task
= current
;
42 int saved_lock_depth
= task
->lock_depth
;
44 BUG_ON(saved_lock_depth
< 0);
46 task
->lock_depth
= -1;
47 preempt_enable_no_resched();
52 task
->lock_depth
= saved_lock_depth
;
57 void __lockfunc
__release_kernel_lock(void)
63 * Getting the big kernel semaphore.
65 void __lockfunc
lock_kernel(void)
67 struct task_struct
*task
= current
;
68 int depth
= task
->lock_depth
+ 1;
72 * No recursion worries - we set up lock_depth _after_
76 task
->lock_depth
= depth
;
79 void __lockfunc
unlock_kernel(void)
81 struct task_struct
*task
= current
;
83 BUG_ON(task
->lock_depth
< 0);
85 if (likely(--task
->lock_depth
< 0))
92 * The 'big kernel lock'
94 * This spinlock is taken and released recursively by lock_kernel()
95 * and unlock_kernel(). It is transparently dropped and reacquired
96 * over schedule(). It is used to protect legacy code that hasn't
97 * been migrated to a proper locking design yet.
99 * Don't use in new code.
101 static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kernel_flag
);
105 * Acquire/release the underlying lock from the scheduler.
107 * This is called with preemption disabled, and should
108 * return an error value if it cannot get the lock and
109 * TIF_NEED_RESCHED gets set.
111 * If it successfully gets the lock, it should increment
112 * the preemption count like any spinlock does.
114 * (This works on UP too - _raw_spin_trylock will never
115 * return false in that case)
117 int __lockfunc
__reacquire_kernel_lock(void)
119 while (!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag
)) {
120 if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_RESCHED
))
128 void __lockfunc
__release_kernel_lock(void)
130 _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag
);
131 preempt_enable_no_resched();
135 * These are the BKL spinlocks - we try to be polite about preemption.
136 * If SMP is not on (ie UP preemption), this all goes away because the
137 * _raw_spin_trylock() will always succeed.
139 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
140 static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
143 if (unlikely(!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag
))) {
145 * If preemption was disabled even before this
146 * was called, there's nothing we can be polite
149 if (preempt_count() > 1) {
150 _raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag
);
155 * Otherwise, let's wait for the kernel lock
156 * with preemption enabled..
160 while (spin_is_locked(&kernel_flag
))
163 } while (!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag
));
170 * Non-preemption case - just get the spinlock
172 static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
174 _raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag
);
178 static inline void __unlock_kernel(void)
181 * the BKL is not covered by lockdep, so we open-code the
182 * unlocking sequence (and thus avoid the dep-chain ops):
184 _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag
);
189 * Getting the big kernel lock.
191 * This cannot happen asynchronously, so we only need to
192 * worry about other CPU's.
194 void __lockfunc
lock_kernel(void)
196 int depth
= current
->lock_depth
+1;
199 current
->lock_depth
= depth
;
202 void __lockfunc
unlock_kernel(void)
204 BUG_ON(current
->lock_depth
< 0);
205 if (likely(--current
->lock_depth
< 0))
211 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_kernel
);
212 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_kernel
);