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+/*
+ * lib/debug_locks.c
+ *
+ * Generic place for common debugging facilities for various locks:
+ * spinlocks, rwlocks, mutexes and rwsems.
+ *
+ * Started by Ingo Molnar:
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc., Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
+ */
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/debug_locks.h>
+
+/*
+ * We want to turn all lock-debugging facilities on/off at once,
+ * via a global flag. The reason is that once a single bug has been
+ * detected and reported, there might be cascade of followup bugs
+ * that would just muddy the log. So we report the first one and
+ * shut up after that.
+ */
+int debug_locks = 1;
+
+/*
+ * The locking-testsuite uses <debug_locks_silent> to get a
+ * 'silent failure': nothing is printed to the console when
+ * a locking bug is detected.
+ */
+int debug_locks_silent;
+
+/*
+ * Generic 'turn off all lock debugging' function:
+ */
+int debug_locks_off(void)
+{
+	if (xchg(&debug_locks, 0)) {
+		if (!debug_locks_silent) {
+			console_verbose();
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}