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Heiner Kallweit 74d47d75be [media] rc: refactor raw handler kthread
I think we can get rid of the spinlock protecting the kthread from being
interrupted by a wakeup in certain parts.
Even with the current implementation of the kthread the only lost wakeup
scenario could happen if the wakeup occurs between the kfifo_len check
and setting the state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE.

In the changed version we could lose a wakeup if it occurs between
processing the fifo content and setting the state to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE.
This scenario is covered by an additional check for available events in
the fifo and setting the state to TASK_RUNNING in this case.

In addition the changed version flushes the kfifo before ending
when the kthread is stopped.

With this patch we gain:
- Get rid of the spinlock
- Simplify code
- Don't grep / release the mutex for each individual event but just once
  for the complete fifo content. This reduces overhead if a driver e.g.
  triggers processing after writing the content of a hw fifo to the kfifo.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2017-01-30 11:46:55 -02:00
arch powerpc: Fix build warning on 32-bit PPC 2016-12-25 16:12:20 -08:00
block ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
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Documentation [media] media: Rename graph and pipeline structs and functions 2017-01-27 16:13:24 -02:00
drivers [media] rc: refactor raw handler kthread 2017-01-30 11:46:55 -02:00
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fs ktime: Get rid of ktime_equal() 2016-12-25 17:21:23 +01:00
include [media] media: Rename graph and pipeline structs and functions 2017-01-27 16:13:24 -02:00
init mm: add PageWaiters indicating tasks are waiting for a page bit 2016-12-25 11:54:48 -08:00
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kernel Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-25 14:30:04 -08:00
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net ktime: Get rid of ktime_equal() 2016-12-25 17:21:23 +01:00
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sound ktime: Cleanup ktime_set() usage 2016-12-25 17:21:22 +01:00
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virt Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-25 14:30:04 -08:00
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Makefile Linux 4.10-rc1 2016-12-25 16:13:08 -08:00
README

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.