[PATCH] sparc32 rwlock fix
read_trylock() is broken on sparc32 (doesn't build and didn't work
right, actually). Proposed fix:
- make "writer holds lock" distinguishable from "reader tries to grab
lock"
- have __raw_read_trylock() try to acquire the mutex (in LSB of lock),
terminating spin if we see that there's writer holding it. Then do
the rest as we do in read_lock().
Thanks to Ingo for discussion...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c
index 4d441a5..33dadd9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sparc_ksyms.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
extern void ___clear_bit(void);
extern void ___change_bit(void);
extern void ___rw_read_enter(void);
+extern void ___rw_read_try(void);
extern void ___rw_read_exit(void);
extern void ___rw_write_enter(void);
@@ -104,8 +105,9 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sparc_cpu_model);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_thread);
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-// XXX find what uses (or used) these.
+// XXX find what uses (or used) these. AV: see asm/spinlock.h
EXPORT_SYMBOL(___rw_read_enter);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(___rw_read_try);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(___rw_read_exit);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(___rw_write_enter);
#endif