Add the seqlock version of raw_seqcount_begin() for readers
that can't wait for writers to complete their update and
who can live with seqlock read acquirement failure.
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweis...@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stu...@linaro.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzic...@redhat.com>
---
include/linux/seqlock.h | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index 1829905..aa845de 100644
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ static inline unsigned read_seqbegin(const seqlock_t *sl)
return read_seqcount_begin(&sl->seqcount);
}
+static inline unsigned raw_seqbegin(const seqlock_t *sl)
+{
+ return raw_seqcount_begin(&sl->seqcount);
+}
+
static inline unsigned read_seqretry(const seqlock_t *sl, unsigned start)
{
return read_seqcount_retry(&sl->seqcount, start);
--
1.7.5.4
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