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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:12 +0000 |
| commit | 8665bd53f2f2e27e5511d90428cb3f60e6d0ce15 (patch) | |
| tree | 8d58900dc0ebd4a3011f92c128d2fe45bc7c4bf2 /kernel/locking/mutex.c | |
| parent | Adding debian version 6.7.12-1. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.9.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c index 2deeeca3e7..cbae8c0b89 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) |