2006-09-27 17:59:34

by Jeff Dike

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Subject: [PATCH 3/5] UML - Locking documentation

Some locking documentation and a cleanup. uml_exitcode is copied
into a local before sprintf sees it, in case sprintf does anything
non-atomic with it.

The rest are comments about why certain globals don't need any kind
of locking.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <[email protected]>
---

arch/um/drivers/null.c | 1 +
arch/um/drivers/random.c | 4 ++++
arch/um/drivers/stderr_console.c | 2 ++
arch/um/drivers/stdio_console.c | 1 +
arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c | 8 ++++++--
5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-mm.orig/arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c 2006-09-26 16:28:49.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c 2006-09-26 16:29:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@ int uml_exitcode = 0;
static int read_proc_exitcode(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
int count, int *eof, void *data)
{
- int len;
+ int len, val;

- len = sprintf(page, "%d\n", uml_exitcode);
+ /* Save uml_exitcode in a local so that we don't need to guarantee
+ * that sprintf accesses it atomically.
+ */
+ val = uml_exitcode;
+ len = sprintf(page, "%d\n", val);
len -= off;
if(len <= off+count) *eof = 1;
*start = page + off;
Index: linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/null.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-mm.orig/arch/um/drivers/null.c 2006-09-26 16:28:49.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/null.c 2006-09-26 16:29:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include "chan_user.h"
#include "os.h"

+/* This address is used only as a unique identifer */
static int null_chan;

static void *null_init(char *str, int device, const struct chan_opts *opts)
Index: linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/random.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-mm.orig/arch/um/drivers/random.c 2006-09-26 16:28:49.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/random.c 2006-09-26 16:29:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@

#define RNG_MISCDEV_MINOR 183 /* official */

+/* Changed at init time, in the non-modular case, and at module load
+ * time, in the module case. Presumably, the module subsystem
+ * protects against a module being loaded twice at the same time.
+ */
static int random_fd = -1;

static int rng_dev_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
Index: linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/stderr_console.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-mm.orig/arch/um/drivers/stderr_console.c 2006-09-26 16:28:49.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/stderr_console.c 2006-09-26 16:29:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
/*
* Don't register by default -- as this registeres very early in the
* boot process it becomes the default console.
+ *
+ * Initialized at init time.
*/
static int use_stderr_console = 0;

Index: linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/stdio_console.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.18-mm.orig/arch/um/drivers/stdio_console.c 2006-09-26 16:28:49.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.18-mm/arch/um/drivers/stdio_console.c 2006-09-26 16:29:39.000000000 -0400
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static int con_open(struct tty_struct *t
return line_open(vts, tty);
}

+/* Set in an initcall, checked in an exitcall */
static int con_init_done = 0;

static const struct tty_operations console_ops = {