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| author | Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com> | 2024-11-20 17:26:29 -0500 |
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| committer | Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> | 2024-12-19 14:04:42 -0800 |
| commit | eb5ccb038284dc0e69822d71aafcbf7b57394aad (patch) | |
| tree | ef0e1d0ae3f28f48eecf29772cf8e2f321f1dec3 /rust/kernel/sync | |
| parent | rust: sync: Add MutexGuard type alias (diff) | |
| download | linux-eb5ccb038284dc0e69822d71aafcbf7b57394aad.tar.gz linux-eb5ccb038284dc0e69822d71aafcbf7b57394aad.zip | |
rust: sync: Add SpinLockGuard type alias
A simple helper alias for code that needs to deal with Guard types returned
from SpinLocks.
Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241120222742.2490495-3-lyude@redhat.com
Diffstat (limited to 'rust/kernel/sync')
| -rw-r--r-- | rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs index 9f4d128bed98..081c0220013b 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/sync/lock/spinlock.rs @@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ pub type SpinLock<T> = super::Lock<T, SpinLockBackend>; /// A kernel `spinlock_t` lock backend. pub struct SpinLockBackend; +/// A [`Guard`] acquired from locking a [`SpinLock`]. +/// +/// This is simply a type alias for a [`Guard`] returned from locking a [`SpinLock`]. It will unlock +/// the [`SpinLock`] upon being dropped. +/// +/// [`Guard`]: super::Guard +pub type SpinLockGuard<'a, T> = super::Guard<'a, T, SpinLockBackend>; + // SAFETY: The underlying kernel `spinlock_t` object ensures mutual exclusion. `relock` uses the // default implementation that always calls the same locking method. unsafe impl super::Backend for SpinLockBackend { |