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authorAndrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>2003-04-08 21:31:53 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@home.transmeta.com>2003-04-08 21:31:53 -0700
commit52a4a8b77985bf6695d1506cf0af74b624dee41f (patch)
tree7c975685dc7af79393b0f361ca77e800764682c6 /include
parent598ee77158db8295edbd5e9d850e4e0fddbe9afc (diff)
[PATCH] task_lock commentary fixes
From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Update and clarify the incorrect commentary around task_lock()
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched.h6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index f3b4c5891898..bbc51fac0cf6 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -686,7 +686,11 @@ static inline int thread_group_empty(task_t *p)
extern void unhash_process(struct task_struct *p);
-/* Protects ->fs, ->files, ->mm, and synchronises with wait4(). Nests inside tasklist_lock */
+/* Protects ->fs, ->files, ->mm, and synchronises with wait4().
+ * Nests both inside and outside of read_lock(&tasklist_lock).
+ * It must not be nested with write_lock_irq(&tasklist_lock),
+ * neither inside nor outside.
+ */
static inline void task_lock(struct task_struct *p)
{
spin_lock(&p->alloc_lock);