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+/*
+ * lib/kernel_lock.c
+ *
+ * This is the traditional BKL - big kernel lock. Largely
+ * relegated to obsolescence, but used by various less
+ * important (or lazy) subsystems.
+ */
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
+#include <linux/semaphore.h>
+
+/*
+ * The 'big kernel lock'
+ *
+ * This spinlock is taken and released recursively by lock_kernel()
+ * and unlock_kernel(). It is transparently dropped and reacquired
+ * over schedule(). It is used to protect legacy code that hasn't
+ * been migrated to a proper locking design yet.
+ *
+ * Don't use in new code.
+ */
+static __cacheline_aligned_in_smp DEFINE_SPINLOCK(kernel_flag);
+
+
+/*
+ * Acquire/release the underlying lock from the scheduler.
+ *
+ * This is called with preemption disabled, and should
+ * return an error value if it cannot get the lock and
+ * TIF_NEED_RESCHED gets set.
+ *
+ * If it successfully gets the lock, it should increment
+ * the preemption count like any spinlock does.
+ *
+ * (This works on UP too - _raw_spin_trylock will never
+ * return false in that case)
+ */
+int __lockfunc __reacquire_kernel_lock(void)
+{
+ while (!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag)) {
+ if (test_thread_flag(TIF_NEED_RESCHED))
+ return -EAGAIN;
+ cpu_relax();
+ }
+ preempt_disable();
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void __lockfunc __release_kernel_lock(void)
+{
+ _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag);
+ preempt_enable_no_resched();
+}
+
+/*
+ * These are the BKL spinlocks - we try to be polite about preemption.
+ * If SMP is not on (ie UP preemption), this all goes away because the
+ * _raw_spin_trylock() will always succeed.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
+{
+ preempt_disable();
+ if (unlikely(!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag))) {
+ /*
+ * If preemption was disabled even before this
+ * was called, there's nothing we can be polite
+ * about - just spin.
+ */
+ if (preempt_count() > 1) {
+ _raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Otherwise, let's wait for the kernel lock
+ * with preemption enabled..
+ */
+ do {
+ preempt_enable();
+ while (spin_is_locked(&kernel_flag))
+ cpu_relax();
+ preempt_disable();
+ } while (!_raw_spin_trylock(&kernel_flag));
+ }
+}
+
+#else
+
+/*
+ * Non-preemption case - just get the spinlock
+ */
+static inline void __lock_kernel(void)
+{
+ _raw_spin_lock(&kernel_flag);
+}
+#endif
+
+static inline void __unlock_kernel(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * the BKL is not covered by lockdep, so we open-code the
+ * unlocking sequence (and thus avoid the dep-chain ops):
+ */
+ _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag);
+ preempt_enable();
+}
+
+/*
+ * Getting the big kernel lock.
+ *
+ * This cannot happen asynchronously, so we only need to
+ * worry about other CPU's.
+ */
+void __lockfunc lock_kernel(void)
+{
+ int depth = current->lock_depth+1;
+ if (likely(!depth))
+ __lock_kernel();
+ current->lock_depth = depth;
+}
+
+void __lockfunc unlock_kernel(void)
+{
+ BUG_ON(current->lock_depth < 0);
+ if (likely(--current->lock_depth < 0))
+ __unlock_kernel();
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(lock_kernel);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_kernel);
+
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