tree c9e7762d9b236883f4a23a170919317a6e7c93c7
parent 6606470dd1d628878383c96d10b52a77986ddac7
author Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 1211142461 -0600
committer Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 1213992353 -0600

Add cycle_kernel_lock()

A number of driver functions are so obviously trivial that they do not need
the big kernel lock - at least not overtly.  It turns out that the
acquisition of the BKL in driver open() functions can perform a sort of
poor-hacker's serialization function, delaying the open operation until the
driver is certain to have completed its initialization.  Add a simple
cycle_kernel_lock() function for these cases to make it clear that there is
no need to *hold* the BKL, just to be sure that we can acquire it.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>