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authorDavidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>2013-07-08 16:01:15 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-07-09 10:33:27 -0700
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ipc,msg: introduce lockless functions to obtain the ipc object
Add msq_obtain_object() and msq_obtain_object_check(), which will allow us to get the ipc object without acquiring the lock. Just as with semaphores, these functions are basically wrappers around ipc_obtain_object*(). Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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