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diff --git a/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst b/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst index a334b584f2b3..64405e5da63e 100644 --- a/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst +++ b/Documentation/locking/seqlock.rst @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Read path:: .. _seqcount_locktype_t: -Sequence counters with associated locks (``seqcount_LOCKTYPE_t``) +Sequence counters with associated locks (``seqcount_LOCKNAME_t``) ----------------------------------------------------------------- As discussed at :ref:`seqcount_t`, sequence count write side critical @@ -115,27 +115,26 @@ The following sequence counters with associated locks are defined: - ``seqcount_mutex_t`` - ``seqcount_ww_mutex_t`` -The plain seqcount read and write APIs branch out to the specific -seqcount_LOCKTYPE_t implementation at compile-time. This avoids kernel -API explosion per each new seqcount LOCKTYPE. +The sequence counter read and write APIs can take either a plain +seqcount_t or any of the seqcount_LOCKNAME_t variants above. -Initialization (replace "LOCKTYPE" with one of the supported locks):: +Initialization (replace "LOCKNAME" with one of the supported locks):: /* dynamic */ - seqcount_LOCKTYPE_t foo_seqcount; - seqcount_LOCKTYPE_init(&foo_seqcount, &lock); + seqcount_LOCKNAME_t foo_seqcount; + seqcount_LOCKNAME_init(&foo_seqcount, &lock); /* static */ - static seqcount_LOCKTYPE_t foo_seqcount = - SEQCNT_LOCKTYPE_ZERO(foo_seqcount, &lock); + static seqcount_LOCKNAME_t foo_seqcount = + SEQCNT_LOCKNAME_ZERO(foo_seqcount, &lock); /* C99 struct init */ struct { - .seq = SEQCNT_LOCKTYPE_ZERO(foo.seq, &lock), + .seq = SEQCNT_LOCKNAME_ZERO(foo.seq, &lock), } foo; Write path: same as in :ref:`seqcount_t`, while running from a context -with the associated LOCKTYPE lock acquired. +with the associated write serialization lock acquired. Read path: same as in :ref:`seqcount_t`. |