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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/locking')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/mutex.c | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c | 1 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c index 2deeeca3e71b..cbae8c0b89ab 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c @@ -532,6 +532,11 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne * This function must not be used in interrupt context. Unlocking * of a not locked mutex is not allowed. * + * The caller must ensure that the mutex stays alive until this function has + * returned - mutex_unlock() can NOT directly be used to release an object such + * that another concurrent task can free it. + * Mutexes are different from spinlocks & refcounts in this aspect. + * * This function is similar to (but not equivalent to) up(). */ void __sched mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock) diff --git a/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c b/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c index 14235671a1a7..87b03d2e41db 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c +++ b/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ #include <linux/debug_locks.h> #include <linux/delay.h> #include <linux/export.h> +#include <linux/pid.h> void __raw_spin_lock_init(raw_spinlock_t *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key, short inner) |