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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2010-09-02 15:48:16 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-09-03 08:19:51 +0200
commitef5dc121d5a0bb1fa477c5395277259f07d318a3 (patch)
tree5af1d24406aa014eed72f07097316ba6f7d0d04f /kernel/mutex.c
parent950eaaca681c44aab87a46225c9e44f902c080aa (diff)
downloadlinux-ef5dc121d5a0bb1fa477c5395277259f07d318a3.tar.gz
mutex: Fix annotations to include it in kernel-locking docbook
Fix kernel-doc notation in linux/mutex.h and kernel/mutex.c,
then add these 2 files to the kernel-locking docbook as the
Mutex API reference chapter.

Add one API function to mutex-design.txt and correct a typo in
that file.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
LKML-Reference: <20100902154816.6cc2f9ad.randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/mutex.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/mutex.c23
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c
index 4c0b7b3e6d2e..200407c1502f 100644
--- a/kernel/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/mutex.c
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@
 # include <asm/mutex.h>
 #endif
 
-/***
- * mutex_init - initialize the mutex
- * @lock: the mutex to be initialized
- * @key: the lock_class_key for the class; used by mutex lock debugging
- *
- * Initialize the mutex to unlocked state.
- *
- * It is not allowed to initialize an already locked mutex.
- */
 void
 __mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
@@ -68,7 +59,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mutex_init);
 static __used noinline void __sched
 __mutex_lock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
 
-/***
+/**
  * mutex_lock - acquire the mutex
  * @lock: the mutex to be acquired
  *
@@ -105,7 +96,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mutex_lock);
 
 static __used noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
 
-/***
+/**
  * mutex_unlock - release the mutex
  * @lock: the mutex to be released
  *
@@ -364,8 +355,8 @@ __mutex_lock_killable_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
 static noinline int __sched
 __mutex_lock_interruptible_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count);
 
-/***
- * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptable
+/**
+ * mutex_lock_interruptible - acquire the mutex, interruptible
  * @lock: the mutex to be acquired
  *
  * Lock the mutex like mutex_lock(), and return 0 if the mutex has
@@ -456,15 +447,15 @@ static inline int __mutex_trylock_slowpath(atomic_t *lock_count)
 	return prev == 1;
 }
 
-/***
- * mutex_trylock - try acquire the mutex, without waiting
+/**
+ * mutex_trylock - try to acquire the mutex, without waiting
  * @lock: the mutex to be acquired
  *
  * Try to acquire the mutex atomically. Returns 1 if the mutex
  * has been acquired successfully, and 0 on contention.
  *
  * NOTE: this function follows the spin_trylock() convention, so
- * it is negated to the down_trylock() return values! Be careful
+ * it is negated from the down_trylock() return values! Be careful
  * about this when converting semaphore users to mutexes.
  *
  * This function must not be used in interrupt context. The