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2020-05-15docs: move locking-specific documents to locking/Mauro Carvalho Chehab1-184/+0
Several files under Documentation/*.txt describe some type of locking API. Move them to locking/ subdir and add to the locking/index.rst index file. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/dd833a10bbd0b2c1461d78913f5ec28a7e27f00b.1588345503.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-03-21threads: Update PID limit comment according to futex UAPI changeJann Horn1-8/+6
The futex UAPI changed back in commit 76b81e2b0e22 ("[PATCH] lightweight robust futexes updates 2"), which landed in v2.6.17: FUTEX_TID_MASK is now 0x3fffffff instead of 0x1fffffff. Update the corresponding comment in include/linux/threads.h. Documentation mentions that only the lower 29 bits are available for TID storage, but as the UAPI header released the bit already via FUTEX_TID_MASK, this is moot as well. Fix it up. [ tglx: Fixed up documentation ] Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200302112939.8068-1-jannh@google.com
2017-07-14robust-futex-ABI.txt: standardize document formatMauro Carvalho Chehab1-5/+9
Each text file under Documentation follows a different format. Some doesn't even have titles! Change its representation to follow the adopted standard, using ReST markups for it to be parseable by Sphinx: - promote document title; - use :Author: for authorship; - mark literal blocks; - add blank lines. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2013-11-30Documentation/robust-futex-API: Count properly to 4Henrik Austad1-2/+2
A strictly monotonically increasing sequence is normally used in numbered lists as they provide an intuitive ordering of the elements. However, in situations where race conditions can appear, this assumption breaks down and you can end up with unpredictable results, leading to a rather confusing list :-) This changes the numbered list 1,2,2,2 to the more intuitive 1,2,3,4. Introduced in: 2eec9ad91f71 [PATCH] lightweight robust futexes: docs Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad <henrik@austad.us> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1385590680-8110-1-git-send-email-henrik@austad.us Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2009-06-19futex: documentation: fix inconsistent description of futex list_op_pendingMatt Helsley1-2/+2
Strictly speaking list_op_pending points to the 'lock entry', not the 'lock word' (which is actually at 'offset' from 'lock entry'). We can infer this based on reading the code in kernel/futex.c: struct robust_list __user *entry, *next_entry, *pending; ... if (fetch_robust_entry(&pending, &head->list_op_pending, &pip)) return; ... if (pending) handle_futex_death((void __user *)pending + futex_offset, curr, pip); Which is also consistent with the rest of the docs on robust futex lists. Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linuxtronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2006-11-30Fix typos in /Documentation : 'U-Z'Matt LaPlante1-1/+1
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some +words starting with the letters 'U-Z'. Looks like I made it through the alphabet...just in time to start over again +too! Maybe I can fit more profound fixes into the next round...? Time will +tell. :) Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-27[PATCH] lightweight robust futexes updatesIngo Molnar1-2/+0
- fix: initialize the robust list(s) to NULL in copy_process. - doc update - cleanup: rename _inuser to _inatomic - __user cleanups and other small cleanups Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27[PATCH] lightweight robust futexes: docsIngo Molnar1-0/+184
Add robust-futex documentation. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>