On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 12:17 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 05:23:53PM -0600, Suresh E. Warrier wrote:
> >> Export __spin_yield so that the arch_spin_unlock() function can
> >> be invoked from a mod
Hi Ben,
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 05:23:53PM -0600, Suresh E. Warrier wrote:
>> Export __spin_yield so that the arch_spin_unlock() function can
>> be invoked from a module. This will be required for modules where
>> we want to take a lock th
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 05:23:53PM -0600, Suresh E. Warrier wrote:
> Export __spin_yield so that the arch_spin_unlock() function can
> be invoked from a module. This will be required for modules where
> we want to take a lock that is also is acquired in hypervisor
> real mode. Because we want to av
Export __spin_yield so that the arch_spin_unlock() function can
be invoked from a module. This will be required for modules where
we want to take a lock that is also is acquired in hypervisor
real mode. Because we want to avoid running any lockdep code
(which may not be safe in real mode), this loc
On Tue, 2015-02-24 at 10:37 -0600, Suresh E. Warrier wrote:
> On 02/23/2015 09:38 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > On Mon, 2015-02-23 at 18:10 -0600, Suresh E. Warrier wrote:
> >> Export __spin_yield so that the arch_spin_unlock() function
> >> can be invoked from a module.
> >
> > Make it EX
On 02/23/2015 09:38 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-02-23 at 18:10 -0600, Suresh E. Warrier wrote:
>> Export __spin_yield so that the arch_spin_unlock() function
>> can be invoked from a module.
>
> Make it EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Also explain why a module might need it
>
Sure, I wil
On Mon, 2015-02-23 at 18:10 -0600, Suresh E. Warrier wrote:
> Export __spin_yield so that the arch_spin_unlock() function
> can be invoked from a module.
Make it EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Also explain why a module might need it
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Warrier
> ---
> arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c | 1 +
>
Export __spin_yield so that the arch_spin_unlock() function
can be invoked from a module.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Warrier
---
arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/locks.c
index bb7cfec..d100de8 100644
--- a/arch/po
