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There are 3 main spinlocks which must be acquired in this order: 1) proc->outer_lock : protects most fields of binder_proc, binder_thread, and binder_ref structures. binder_proc_lock() and binder_proc_unlock() are used to acq/rel. 2) node->lock : protects most fields of binder_node. binder_node_lock() and binder_node_unlock() are used to acq/rel 3) proc->inner_lock : protects the thread and node lists (proc->threads, proc->nodes) and all todo lists associated with the binder_proc (proc->todo, thread->todo, proc->delivered_death and node->async_todo). binder_inner_proc_lock() and binder_inner_proc_unlock() are used to acq/rel Any lock under procA must never be nested under any lock at the same level or below on procB. Functions that require a lock held on entry indicate which lock in the suffix of the function name: foo_olocked() : requires node->outer_lock foo_nlocked() : requires node->lock foo_ilocked() : requires proc->inner_lock foo_iolocked(): requires proc->outer_lock and proc->inner_lock foo_nilocked(): requires node->lock and proc->inner_lock Signed-off-by: Todd Kjos <tkjos@google.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.