Merge ../torvalds-2.6/

1 files changed, 144 insertions, 166 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
index 49a9ef82d575..6367bba32d22 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
   
   <authorgroup>
    <author>
-    <firstname>Paul</firstname>
-    <othername>Rusty</othername>
+    <firstname>Rusty</firstname>
     <surname>Russell</surname>
     <affiliation>
      <address>
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@
   </authorgroup>
 
   <copyright>
-   <year>2001</year>
+   <year>2005</year>
    <holder>Rusty Russell</holder>
   </copyright>
 
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@
  <chapter id="introduction">
   <title>Introduction</title>
   <para>
-   Welcome, gentle reader, to Rusty's Unreliable Guide to Linux
+   Welcome, gentle reader, to Rusty's Remarkably Unreliable Guide to Linux
    Kernel Hacking.  This document describes the common routines and
    general requirements for kernel code: its goal is to serve as a
    primer for Linux kernel development for experienced C
@@ -96,13 +95,13 @@
 
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     not associated with any process, serving a softirq, tasklet or bh;
+     not associated with any process, serving a softirq or tasklet;
     </para>
    </listitem>
 
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     running in kernel space, associated with a process;
+     running in kernel space, associated with a process (user context);
     </para>
    </listitem>
 
@@ -114,11 +113,12 @@
   </itemizedlist>
 
   <para>
-   There is a strict ordering between these: other than the last
-   category (userspace) each can only be pre-empted by those above.
-   For example, while a softirq is running on a CPU, no other
-   softirq will pre-empt it, but a hardware interrupt can.  However,
-   any other CPUs in the system execute independently.
+   There is an ordering between these.  The bottom two can preempt
+   each other, but above that is a strict hierarchy: each can only be
+   preempted by the ones above it.  For example, while a softirq is
+   running on a CPU, no other softirq will preempt it, but a hardware
+   interrupt can.  However, any other CPUs in the system execute
+   independently.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@
    <title>User Context</title>
 
    <para>
-    User context is when you are coming in from a system call or
-    other trap: you can sleep, and you own the CPU (except for
-    interrupts) until you call <function>schedule()</function>.  
-    In other words, user context (unlike userspace) is not pre-emptable.
+    User context is when you are coming in from a system call or other
+    trap: like userspace, you can be preempted by more important tasks
+    and by interrupts.  You can sleep, by calling
+    <function>schedule()</function>.
    </para>
 
    <note>
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 
    <caution>
     <para>
-     Beware that if you have interrupts or bottom halves disabled 
+     Beware that if you have preemption or softirqs disabled
      (see below), <function>in_interrupt()</function> will return a 
      false positive.
     </para>
@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@
     <hardware>keyboard</hardware> are examples of real
     hardware which produce interrupts at any time.  The kernel runs
     interrupt handlers, which services the hardware.  The kernel
-    guarantees that this handler is never re-entered: if another
+    guarantees that this handler is never re-entered: if the same
     interrupt arrives, it is queued (or dropped).  Because it
     disables interrupts, this handler has to be fast: frequently it
-    simply acknowledges the interrupt, marks a `software interrupt'
+    simply acknowledges the interrupt, marks a 'software interrupt'
     for execution and exits.
    </para>
 
@@ -188,60 +188,52 @@
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="basics-softirqs">
-   <title>Software Interrupt Context: Bottom Halves, Tasklets, softirqs</title>
+   <title>Software Interrupt Context: Softirqs and Tasklets</title>
 
    <para>
     Whenever a system call is about to return to userspace, or a
-    hardware interrupt handler exits, any `software interrupts'
+    hardware interrupt handler exits, any 'software interrupts'
     which are marked pending (usually by hardware interrupts) are
     run (<filename>kernel/softirq.c</filename>).
    </para>
 
    <para>
     Much of the real interrupt handling work is done here.  Early in
-    the transition to <acronym>SMP</acronym>, there were only `bottom 
+    the transition to <acronym>SMP</acronym>, there were only 'bottom
     halves' (BHs), which didn't take advantage of multiple CPUs.  Shortly 
     after we switched from wind-up computers made of match-sticks and snot,
-    we abandoned this limitation.
+    we abandoned this limitation and switched to 'softirqs'.
    </para>
 
    <para>
     <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/interrupt.h</filename> lists the
-    different BH's.  No matter how many CPUs you have, no two BHs will run at 
-    the same time. This made the transition to SMP simpler, but sucks hard for
-    scalable performance.  A very important bottom half is the timer
-    BH (<filename class="headerfile">include/linux/timer.h</filename>): you
-    can register to have it call functions for you in a given length of time.
+    different softirqs.  A very important softirq is the
+    timer softirq (<filename
+    class="headerfile">include/linux/timer.h</filename>): you can
+    register to have it call functions for you in a given length of
+    time.
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    2.3.43 introduced softirqs, and re-implemented the (now
-    deprecated) BHs underneath them.  Softirqs are fully-SMP
-    versions of BHs: they can run on as many CPUs at once as
-    required.  This means they need to deal with any races in shared
-    data using their own locks.  A bitmask is used to keep track of
-    which are enabled, so the 32 available softirqs should not be
-    used up lightly.  (<emphasis>Yes</emphasis>, people will
-    notice).
-   </para>
-
-   <para>
-    tasklets (<filename class="headerfile">include/linux/interrupt.h</filename>)
-    are like softirqs, except they are dynamically-registrable (meaning you 
-    can have as many as you want), and they also guarantee that any tasklet 
-    will only run on one CPU at any time, although different tasklets can 
-    run simultaneously (unlike different BHs).  
+    Softirqs are often a pain to deal with, since the same softirq
+    will run simultaneously on more than one CPU.  For this reason,
+    tasklets (<filename
+    class="headerfile">include/linux/interrupt.h</filename>) are more
+    often used: they are dynamically-registrable (meaning you can have
+    as many as you want), and they also guarantee that any tasklet
+    will only run on one CPU at any time, although different tasklets
+    can run simultaneously.
    </para>
    <caution>
     <para>
-     The name `tasklet' is misleading: they have nothing to do with `tasks', 
+     The name 'tasklet' is misleading: they have nothing to do with 'tasks',
      and probably more to do with some bad vodka Alexey Kuznetsov had at the 
      time.
     </para>
    </caution>
 
    <para>
-    You can tell you are in a softirq (or bottom half, or tasklet)
+    You can tell you are in a softirq (or tasklet)
     using the <function>in_softirq()</function> macro 
     (<filename class="headerfile">include/linux/interrupt.h</filename>).
    </para>
@@ -288,11 +280,10 @@
     <term>A rigid stack limit</term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      The kernel stack is about 6K in 2.2 (for most
-      architectures: it's about 14K on the Alpha), and shared
-      with interrupts so you can't use it all.  Avoid deep
-      recursion and huge local arrays on the stack (allocate
-      them dynamically instead).
+      Depending on configuration options the kernel stack is about 3K to 6K for most 32-bit architectures: it's
+      about 14K on most 64-bit archs, and often shared with interrupts
+      so you can't use it all.  Avoid deep recursion and huge local
+      arrays on the stack (allocate them dynamically instead).
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
@@ -339,7 +330,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mycall(int arg)
 
   <para>
    If all your routine does is read or write some parameter, consider
-   implementing a <function>sysctl</function> interface instead.
+   implementing a <function>sysfs</function> interface instead.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -417,7 +408,10 @@ cond_resched(); /* Will sleep */
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   You will eventually lock up your box if you break these rules.  
+   You should always compile your kernel
+   <symbol>CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP</symbol> on, and it will warn
+   you if you break these rules.  If you <emphasis>do</emphasis> break
+   the rules, you will eventually lock up your box.
   </para>
 
   <para>
@@ -515,8 +509,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
       success).
      </para>
     </caution>
-    [Yes, this moronic interface makes me cringe.  Please submit a
-    patch and become my hero --RR.]
+    [Yes, this moronic interface makes me cringe.  The flamewar comes up every year or so. --RR.]
    </para>
    <para>
     The functions may sleep implicitly. This should never be called
@@ -587,10 +580,11 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
    </variablelist>
 
    <para>
-    If you see a <errorname>kmem_grow: Called nonatomically from int
-    </errorname> warning message you called a memory allocation function
-    from interrupt context without <constant>GFP_ATOMIC</constant>.
-    You should really fix that.  Run, don't walk.
+    If you see a <errorname>sleeping function called from invalid
+    context</errorname> warning message, then maybe you called a
+    sleeping allocation function from interrupt context without
+    <constant>GFP_ATOMIC</constant>.  You should really fix that.
+    Run, don't walk.
    </para>
 
    <para>
@@ -639,16 +633,16 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="routines-udelay">
-   <title><function>udelay()</function>/<function>mdelay()</function>
+   <title><function>mdelay()</function>/<function>udelay()</function>
      <filename class="headerfile">include/asm/delay.h</filename>
      <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/delay.h</filename>
    </title>
 
    <para>
-    The <function>udelay()</function> function can be used for small pauses.
-    Do not use large values with <function>udelay()</function> as you risk
+    The <function>udelay()</function> and <function>ndelay()</function> functions can be used for small pauses.
+    Do not use large values with them as you risk
     overflow - the helper function <function>mdelay()</function> is useful
-    here, or even consider <function>schedule_timeout()</function>.
+    here, or consider <function>msleep()</function>.
    </para> 
   </sect1>
  
@@ -698,8 +692,8 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
     These routines disable soft interrupts on the local CPU, and
     restore them.  They are reentrant; if soft interrupts were
     disabled before, they will still be disabled after this pair
-    of functions has been called.  They prevent softirqs, tasklets
-    and bottom halves from running on the current CPU.
+    of functions has been called.  They prevent softirqs and tasklets
+    from running on the current CPU.
    </para>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -708,10 +702,16 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
     <filename class="headerfile">include/asm/smp.h</filename></title>
    
    <para>
-    <function>smp_processor_id()</function> returns the current
-    processor number, between 0 and <symbol>NR_CPUS</symbol> (the
-    maximum number of CPUs supported by Linux, currently 32).  These
-    values are not necessarily continuous.
+    <function>get_cpu()</function> disables preemption (so you won't
+    suddenly get moved to another CPU) and returns the current
+    processor number, between 0 and <symbol>NR_CPUS</symbol>.  Note
+    that the CPU numbers are not necessarily continuous.  You return
+    it again with <function>put_cpu()</function> when you are done.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    If you know you cannot be preempted by another task (ie. you are
+    in interrupt context, or have preemption disabled) you can use
+    smp_processor_id().
    </para>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -722,19 +722,14 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
    <para>
     After boot, the kernel frees up a special section; functions
     marked with <type>__init</type> and data structures marked with
-    <type>__initdata</type> are dropped after boot is complete (within
-    modules this directive is currently ignored).  <type>__exit</type>
+    <type>__initdata</type> are dropped after boot is complete: similarly
+    modules discard this memory after initialization.  <type>__exit</type>
     is used to declare a function which is only required on exit: the
     function will be dropped if this file is not compiled as a module.
     See the header file for use. Note that it makes no sense for a function
     marked with <type>__init</type> to be exported to modules with 
     <function>EXPORT_SYMBOL()</function> - this will break.
    </para>
-   <para>
-   Static data structures marked as <type>__initdata</type> must be initialised
-   (as opposed to ordinary static data which is zeroed BSS) and cannot be 
-   <type>const</type>.
-   </para> 
 
   </sect1>
 
@@ -762,9 +757,8 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
    <para>
     The function can return a negative error number to cause
     module loading to fail (unfortunately, this has no effect if
-    the module is compiled into the kernel).  For modules, this is
-    called in user context, with interrupts enabled, and the
-    kernel lock held, so it can sleep.
+    the module is compiled into the kernel).  This function is
+    called in user context with interrupts enabled, so it can sleep.
    </para>
   </sect1>
   
@@ -779,6 +773,34 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
     reached zero.  This function can also sleep, but cannot fail:
     everything must be cleaned up by the time it returns.
    </para>
+
+   <para>
+    Note that this macro is optional: if it is not present, your
+    module will not be removable (except for 'rmmod -f').
+   </para>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="routines-module-use-counters">
+   <title> <function>try_module_get()</function>/<function>module_put()</function>
+    <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/module.h</filename></title>
+
+   <para>
+    These manipulate the module usage count, to protect against
+    removal (a module also can't be removed if another module uses one
+    of its exported symbols: see below).  Before calling into module
+    code, you should call <function>try_module_get()</function> on
+    that module: if it fails, then the module is being removed and you
+    should act as if it wasn't there.  Otherwise, you can safely enter
+    the module, and call <function>module_put()</function> when you're
+    finished.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+   Most registerable structures have an
+   <structfield>owner</structfield> field, such as in the
+   <structname>file_operations</structname> structure. Set this field
+   to the macro <symbol>THIS_MODULE</symbol>.
+   </para>
   </sect1>
 
  <!-- add info on new-style module refcounting here -->
@@ -821,7 +843,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
     There is a macro to do this:
     <function>wait_event_interruptible()</function>
 
-    <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/sched.h</filename> The
+    <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/wait.h</filename> The
     first argument is the wait queue head, and the second is an
     expression which is evaluated; the macro returns
     <returnvalue>0</returnvalue> when this expression is true, or
@@ -847,10 +869,11 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
    <para>
     Call <function>wake_up()</function>
 
-    <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/sched.h</filename>;,
+    <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/wait.h</filename>;,
     which will wake up every process in the queue.  The exception is
     if one has <constant>TASK_EXCLUSIVE</constant> set, in which case
-    the remainder of the queue will not be woken.
+    the remainder of the queue will not be woken.  There are other variants
+    of this basic function available in the same header.
    </para>
   </sect1>
  </chapter>
@@ -863,7 +886,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
    first class of operations work on <type>atomic_t</type>
 
    <filename class="headerfile">include/asm/atomic.h</filename>; this
-   contains a signed integer (at least 24 bits long), and you must use
+   contains a signed integer (at least 32 bits long), and you must use
    these functions to manipulate or read atomic_t variables.
    <function>atomic_read()</function> and
    <function>atomic_set()</function> get and set the counter,
@@ -882,13 +905,12 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
 
   <para>
    Note that these functions are slower than normal arithmetic, and
-   so should not be used unnecessarily.  On some platforms they
-   are much slower, like 32-bit Sparc where they use a spinlock.
+   so should not be used unnecessarily.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   The second class of atomic operations is atomic bit operations on a
-   <type>long</type>, defined in
+   The second class of atomic operations is atomic bit operations on an
+   <type>unsigned long</type>, defined in
 
    <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/bitops.h</filename>.  These
    operations generally take a pointer to the bit pattern, and a bit
@@ -899,7 +921,7 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
    <function>test_and_clear_bit()</function> and
    <function>test_and_change_bit()</function> do the same thing,
    except return true if the bit was previously set; these are
-   particularly useful for very simple locking.
+   particularly useful for atomically setting flags.
   </para>
   
   <para>
@@ -907,12 +929,6 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
    than BITS_PER_LONG.  The resulting behavior is strange on big-endian
    platforms though so it is a good idea not to do this.
   </para>
-
-  <para>
-   Note that the order of bits depends on the architecture, and in
-   particular, the bitfield passed to these operations must be at
-   least as large as a <type>long</type>.
-  </para>
  </chapter>
 
  <chapter id="symbols">
@@ -932,11 +948,8 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
     <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/module.h</filename></title>
 
    <para>
-    This is the classic method of exporting a symbol, and it works
-    for both modules and non-modules.  In the kernel all these
-    declarations are often bundled into a single file to help
-    genksyms (which searches source files for these declarations).
-    See the comment on genksyms and Makefiles below.
+    This is the classic method of exporting a symbol: dynamically
+    loaded modules will be able to use the symbol as normal.
    </para>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -949,7 +962,8 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
     symbols exported by <function>EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()</function> can
     only be seen by modules with a
     <function>MODULE_LICENSE()</function> that specifies a GPL
-    compatible license.
+    compatible license.  It implies that the function is considered
+    an internal implementation issue, and not really an interface.
    </para>
   </sect1>
  </chapter>
@@ -962,12 +976,13 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
     <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/list.h</filename></title>
 
    <para>
-    There are three sets of linked-list routines in the kernel
-    headers, but this one seems to be winning out (and Linus has
-    used it).  If you don't have some particular pressing need for
-    a single list, it's a good choice.  In fact, I don't care
-    whether it's a good choice or not, just use it so we can get
-    rid of the others.
+    There used to be three sets of linked-list routines in the kernel
+    headers, but this one is the winner.  If you don't have some
+    particular pressing need for a single list, it's a good choice.
+   </para>
+
+   <para>
+    In particular, <function>list_for_each_entry</function> is useful.
    </para>
   </sect1>
 
@@ -979,14 +994,13 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
     convention, and return <returnvalue>0</returnvalue> for success,
     and a negative error number
     (eg. <returnvalue>-EFAULT</returnvalue>) for failure.  This can be
-    unintuitive at first, but it's fairly widespread in the networking
-    code, for example.
+    unintuitive at first, but it's fairly widespread in the kernel.
    </para>
 
    <para>
-    The filesystem code uses <function>ERR_PTR()</function>
+    Using <function>ERR_PTR()</function>
 
-    <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/fs.h</filename>; to
+    <filename class="headerfile">include/linux/err.h</filename>; to
     encode a negative error number into a pointer, and
     <function>IS_ERR()</function> and <function>PTR_ERR()</function>
     to get it back out again: avoids a separate pointer parameter for
@@ -1040,7 +1054,7 @@ static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = {
     supported, due to lack of general use, but the following are
     considered standard (see the GCC info page section "C
     Extensions" for more details - Yes, really the info page, the
-    man page is only a short summary of the stuff in info):
+    man page is only a short summary of the stuff in info).
    </para>
    <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
@@ -1091,7 +1105,7 @@ static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = {
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      Function names as strings (__FUNCTION__)
+      Function names as strings (__func__).
      </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -1164,63 +1178,35 @@ static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = {
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Usually you want a configuration option for your kernel hack.
-     Edit <filename>Config.in</filename> in the appropriate directory
-     (but under <filename>arch/</filename> it's called
-     <filename>config.in</filename>).  The Config Language used is not
-     bash, even though it looks like bash; the safe way is to use only
-     the constructs that you already see in
-     <filename>Config.in</filename> files (see
-     <filename>Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt</filename>).
-     It's good to run "make xconfig" at least once to test (because
-     it's the only one with a static parser).
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-     Variables which can be Y or N use <type>bool</type> followed by a
-     tagline and the config define name (which must start with
-     CONFIG_).  The <type>tristate</type> function is the same, but
-     allows the answer M (which defines
-     <symbol>CONFIG_foo_MODULE</symbol> in your source, instead of
-     <symbol>CONFIG_FOO</symbol>) if <symbol>CONFIG_MODULES</symbol>
-     is enabled.
+     Edit <filename>Kconfig</filename> in the appropriate directory.
+     The Config language is simple to use by cut and paste, and there's
+     complete documentation in
+     <filename>Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt</filename>.
     </para>
 
     <para>
      You may well want to make your CONFIG option only visible if
      <symbol>CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL</symbol> is enabled: this serves as a
      warning to users.  There many other fancy things you can do: see
-     the various <filename>Config.in</filename> files for ideas.
+     the various <filename>Kconfig</filename> files for ideas.
     </para>
-   </listitem>
 
-   <listitem>
     <para>
-     Edit the <filename>Makefile</filename>: the CONFIG variables are
-     exported here so you can conditionalize compilation with `ifeq'.
-     If your file exports symbols then add the names to
-     <varname>export-objs</varname> so that genksyms will find them.
-     <caution>
-      <para>
-       There is a restriction on the kernel build system that objects
-       which export symbols must have globally unique names.
-       If your object does not have a globally unique name then the
-       standard fix is to move the
-       <function>EXPORT_SYMBOL()</function> statements to their own
-       object with a unique name.
-       This is why several systems have separate exporting objects,
-       usually suffixed with ksyms.
-      </para>
-     </caution>
+     In your description of the option, make sure you address both the
+     expert user and the user who knows nothing about your feature.  Mention
+     incompatibilities and issues here.  <emphasis> Definitely
+     </emphasis> end your description with <quote> if in doubt, say N
+     </quote> (or, occasionally, `Y'); this is for people who have no
+     idea what you are talking about.
     </para>
    </listitem>
 
    <listitem>
     <para>
-     Document your option in Documentation/Configure.help.  Mention
-     incompatibilities and issues here.  <emphasis> Definitely
-     </emphasis> end your description with <quote> if in doubt, say N
-     </quote> (or, occasionally, `Y'); this is for people who have no
-     idea what you are talking about.
+     Edit the <filename>Makefile</filename>: the CONFIG variables are
+     exported here so you can usually just add a "obj-$(CONFIG_xxx) +=
+     xxx.o" line.  The syntax is documented in
+     <filename>Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt</filename>.
     </para>
    </listitem>
 
@@ -1253,20 +1239,12 @@ static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = {
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   <filename>include/linux/brlock.h:</filename>
+   <filename>include/asm-i386/delay.h:</filename>
   </para>
   <programlisting>
-extern inline void br_read_lock (enum brlock_indices idx)
-{
-        /*
-         * This causes a link-time bug message if an
-         * invalid index is used:
-         */
-        if (idx >= __BR_END)
-                __br_lock_usage_bug();
-
-        read_lock(&amp;__brlock_array[smp_processor_id()][idx]);
-}
+#define ndelay(n) (__builtin_constant_p(n) ? \
+        ((n) > 20000 ? __bad_ndelay() : __const_udelay((n) * 5ul)) : \
+        __ndelay(n))
   </programlisting>
 
   <para>