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diff --git a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt index 471e75389778..619699dde593 100644 --- a/Documentation/spinlocks.txt +++ b/Documentation/spinlocks.txt @@ -5,6 +5,28 @@ Please use DEFINE_SPINLOCK()/DEFINE_RWLOCK() or __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED()/__RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED() as appropriate for static initialization. +Most of the time, you can simply turn: + + static spinlock_t xxx_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; + +into: + + static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(xxx_lock); + +Static structure member variables go from: + + struct foo bar { + .lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; + }; + +to: + + struct foo bar { + .lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(bar.lock); + }; + +Declaration of static rw_locks undergo a similar transformation. + Dynamic initialization, when necessary, may be performed as demonstrated below. |