On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 07:06:34AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > > > @@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ > > > * used as the ID's of the hwspinlock instances). > > > * > > > * The radix tree API supports tagging items in the tree, which this > > > - * framework uses to mark unused hwspinlock instances (see the > > > - * HWSPINLOCK_UNUSED tag above). As a result, the process of querying the > > > + * framework uses to mark used hwspinlock instances (see the > > > + * HWSPINLOCK_USED tag above). As a result, the process of querying the > > > * tree, looking for an unused hwspinlock instance, is now reduced to a > > > * single radix tree API call. > > > */ > > > > [Severity: Low] > > Is the documentation internally contradictory here? Because the tag is now > > exclusively applied to USED locks, it seems impossible to query for an > > UNUSED lock with a single tag-based API call. > > Can reword to "getting the hwspinlock state". The core doesn't offer to > look for just some unused hwlock. Only specific locks are looked for and > their state is queried.
On second thought, this still shows the original intention of using an UNUSED flag instead of a USED flag. I will probably drop this patch in v2. It is less intrusive and probably more future proof.
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