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-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/ilitek,ili9341.txt27
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/auo,g070vvn01.txt29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/ilitek,ili9881c.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/innolux,tv123wam.txt20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt60
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpu/amdgpu.rst117
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpu/drivers.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst15
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt65
14 files changed, 373 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/ilitek,ili9341.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/ilitek,ili9341.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..169b32e4ee4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/ilitek,ili9341.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Ilitek ILI9341 display panels
+
+This binding is for display panels using an Ilitek ILI9341 controller in SPI
+mode.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: "adafruit,yx240qv29", "ilitek,ili9341"
+- dc-gpios: D/C pin
+- reset-gpios: Reset pin
+
+The node for this driver must be a child node of a SPI controller, hence
+all mandatory properties described in ../spi/spi-bus.txt must be specified.
+
+Optional properties:
+- rotation: panel rotation in degrees counter clockwise (0,90,180,270)
+- backlight: phandle of the backlight device attached to the panel
+
+Example:
+ display@0{
+ compatible = "adafruit,yx240qv29", "ilitek,ili9341";
+ reg = <0>;
+ spi-max-frequency = <32000000>;
+ dc-gpios = <&gpio0 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ reset-gpios = <&gpio0 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ rotation = <270>;
+ backlight = <&backlight>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/auo,g070vvn01.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/auo,g070vvn01.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49e4105378f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/auo,g070vvn01.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+AU Optronics Corporation 7.0" FHD (800 x 480) TFT LCD panel
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: should be "auo,g070vvn01"
+- backlight: phandle of the backlight device attached to the panel
+- power-supply: single regulator to provide the supply voltage
+
+Required nodes:
+- port: Parallel port mapping to connect this display
+
+This panel needs single power supply voltage. Its backlight is conntrolled
+via PWM signal.
+
+Example:
+--------
+
+Example device-tree definition when connected to iMX6Q based board
+
+ lcd_panel: lcd-panel {
+ compatible = "auo,g070vvn01";
+ backlight = <&backlight_lcd>;
+ power-supply = <&reg_display>;
+
+ port {
+ lcd_panel_in: endpoint {
+ remote-endpoint = <&lcd_display_out>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/ilitek,ili9881c.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/ilitek,ili9881c.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a041acb4e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/ilitek,ili9881c.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Ilitek ILI9881c based MIPI-DSI panels
+
+Required properties:
+ - compatible: must be "ilitek,ili9881c" and one of:
+ * "bananapi,lhr050h41"
+ - reg: DSI virtual channel used by that screen
+ - power-supply: phandle to the power regulator
+ - reset-gpios: a GPIO phandle for the reset pin
+
+Optional properties:
+ - backlight: phandle to the backlight used
+
+Example:
+panel@0 {
+ compatible = "bananapi,lhr050h41", "ilitek,ili9881c";
+ reg = <0>;
+ power-supply = <&reg_display>;
+ reset-gpios = <&r_pio 0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>; /* PL05 */
+ backlight = <&pwm_bl>;
+};
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/innolux,tv123wam.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/innolux,tv123wam.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9b35265fa13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/innolux,tv123wam.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Innolux TV123WAM 12.3 inch eDP 2K display panel
+
+This binding is compatible with the simple-panel binding, which is specified
+in simple-panel.txt in this directory.
+
+Required properties:
+- compatible: should be "innolux,tv123wam"
+- power-supply: regulator to provide the supply voltage
+
+Optional properties:
+- enable-gpios: GPIO pin to enable or disable the panel
+- backlight: phandle of the backlight device attached to the panel
+
+Example:
+ panel_edp: panel-edp {
+ compatible = "innolux,tv123wam";
+ enable-gpios = <&msmgpio 31 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ power-supply = <&pm8916_l2>;
+ backlight = <&backlight>;
+ };
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
index 3346c1e2a7a0..5a9319ad8861 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ DWC HDMI PHY
Required properties:
- compatible: value must be one of:
+ * allwinner,sun50i-a64-hdmi-phy
* allwinner,sun8i-a83t-hdmi-phy
* allwinner,sun8i-h3-hdmi-phy
- reg: base address and size of memory-mapped region
@@ -111,8 +112,9 @@ Required properties:
- resets: phandle to the reset controller driving the PHY
- reset-names: must be "phy"
-H3 HDMI PHY requires additional clock:
+H3 and A64 HDMI PHY require additional clocks:
- pll-0: parent of phy clock
+ - pll-1: second possible phy clock parent (A64 only)
TV Encoder
----------
@@ -187,6 +189,62 @@ And on the A23, A31, A31s and A33, you need one more clock line:
- 'lvds-alt': An alternative clock source, separate from the TCON channel 0
clock, that can be used to drive the LVDS clock
+TCON TOP
+--------
+
+TCON TOPs main purpose is to configure whole display pipeline. It determines
+relationships between mixers and TCONs, selects source TCON for HDMI, muxes
+LCD and TV encoder GPIO output, selects TV encoder clock source and contains
+additional TV TCON and DSI gates.
+
+It allows display pipeline to be configured in very different ways:
+
+ / LCD0/LVDS0
+ / [0] TCON-LCD0
+ | \ MIPI DSI
+ mixer0 |
+ \ / [1] TCON-LCD1 - LCD1/LVDS1
+ TCON-TOP
+ / \ [2] TCON-TV0 [0] - TVE0/RGB
+ mixer1 | \
+ | TCON-TOP - HDMI
+ | /
+ \ [3] TCON-TV1 [1] - TVE1/RGB
+
+Note that both TCON TOP references same physical unit. Both mixers can be
+connected to any TCON.
+
+Required properties:
+ - compatible: value must be one of:
+ * allwinner,sun8i-r40-tcon-top
+ - reg: base address and size of the memory-mapped region.
+ - clocks: phandle to the clocks feeding the TCON TOP
+ * bus: TCON TOP interface clock
+ * tcon-tv0: TCON TV0 clock
+ * tve0: TVE0 clock
+ * tcon-tv1: TCON TV1 clock
+ * tve1: TVE0 clock
+ * dsi: MIPI DSI clock
+ - clock-names: clock name mentioned above
+ - resets: phandle to the reset line driving the TCON TOP
+ - #clock-cells : must contain 1
+ - clock-output-names: Names of clocks created for TCON TV0 channel clock,
+ TCON TV1 channel clock and DSI channel clock, in that order.
+
+- ports: A ports node with endpoint definitions as defined in
+ Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt. 6 ports should
+ be defined:
+ * port 0 is input for mixer0 mux
+ * port 1 is output for mixer0 mux
+ * port 2 is input for mixer1 mux
+ * port 3 is output for mixer1 mux
+ * port 4 is input for HDMI mux
+ * port 5 is output for HDMI mux
+ All output endpoints for mixer muxes and input endpoints for HDMI mux should
+ have reg property with the id of the target TCON, as shown in above graph
+ (0-3 for mixer muxes and 0-1 for HDMI mux). All ports should have only one
+ endpoint connected to remote endpoint.
+
DRC
---
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
index 7cad066191ee..698453943789 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ abracon Abracon Corporation
actions Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
active-semi Active-Semi International Inc
ad Avionic Design GmbH
+adafruit Adafruit Industries, LLC
adapteva Adapteva, Inc.
adaptrum Adaptrum, Inc.
adh AD Holdings Plc.
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
index dc384f2f7f34..b541e97c7ab1 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dma-buf.rst
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ DMA Fences
----------
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
+ :doc: DMA fences overview
+
+DMA Fences Functions Reference
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c
:export:
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dma-fence.h
diff --git a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt
index 79c22d096bbc..d4d642e1ce9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ C. Boot options
used by text. By default, this area will be black. The 'color' value
is an integer number that depends on the framebuffer driver being used.
+6. fbcon=nodefer
+
+ If the kernel is compiled with deferred fbcon takeover support, normally
+ the framebuffer contents, left in place by the firmware/bootloader, will
+ be preserved until there actually is some text is output to the console.
+ This option causes fbcon to bind immediately to the fbdev device.
+
C. Attaching, Detaching and Unloading
Before going on how to attach, detach and unload the framebuffer console, an
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e52d0ce186fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+=========================
+ drm/amdgpu AMDgpu driver
+=========================
+
+The drm/amdgpu driver supports all AMD Radeon GPUs based on the Graphics Core
+Next (GCN) architecture.
+
+Core Driver Infrastructure
+==========================
+
+This section covers core driver infrastructure.
+
+.. _amdgpu_memory_domains:
+
+Memory Domains
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/drm/amdgpu_drm.h
+ :doc: memory domains
+
+Buffer Objects
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
+ :doc: amdgpu_object
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_object.c
+ :internal:
+
+PRIME Buffer Sharing
+--------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_prime.c
+ :doc: PRIME Buffer Sharing
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_prime.c
+ :internal:
+
+MMU Notifier
+------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_mn.c
+ :doc: MMU Notifier
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_mn.c
+ :internal:
+
+AMDGPU Virtual Memory
+---------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
+ :doc: GPUVM
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_vm.c
+ :internal:
+
+Interrupt Handling
+------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_irq.c
+ :doc: Interrupt Handling
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_irq.c
+ :internal:
+
+GPU Power/Thermal Controls and Monitoring
+=========================================
+
+This section covers hwmon and power/thermal controls.
+
+HWMON Interfaces
+----------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_pm.c
+ :doc: hwmon
+
+GPU sysfs Power State Interfaces
+--------------------------------
+
+GPU power controls are exposed via sysfs files.
+
+power_dpm_state
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_pm.c
+ :doc: power_dpm_state
+
+power_dpm_force_performance_level
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_pm.c
+ :doc: power_dpm_force_performance_level
+
+pp_table
+~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_pm.c
+ :doc: pp_table
+
+pp_od_clk_voltage
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_pm.c
+ :doc: pp_od_clk_voltage
+
+pp_dpm_sclk pp_dpm_mclk pp_dpm_pcie
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_pm.c
+ :doc: pp_dpm_sclk pp_dpm_mclk pp_dpm_pcie
+
+pp_power_profile_mode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_pm.c
+ :doc: pp_power_profile_mode
+
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drivers.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drivers.rst
index f982558fc25d..65be325bf282 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/drivers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/drivers.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ GPU Driver Documentation
.. toctree::
+ amdgpu
i915
meson
pl111
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
index 1dffd1ac4cd4..514939433004 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst
@@ -373,6 +373,15 @@ Connector Functions Reference
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
:export:
+Writeback Connectors
+--------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
+ :doc: overview
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_writeback.c
+ :export:
+
Encoder Abstraction
===================
@@ -517,6 +526,12 @@ Standard Connector Properties
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
:doc: standard connector properties
+HDMI Specific Connector Properties
+----------------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
+ :doc: HDMI connector properties
+
Plane Composition Properties
----------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
index b08e9dcd9177..21b6b72a9ba8 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-mm.rst
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ VMA Offset Manager
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_vma_manager.c
:export:
+.. _prime_buffer_sharing:
+
PRIME Buffer Sharing
====================
@@ -496,3 +498,21 @@ DRM Sync Objects
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_syncobj.c
:export:
+
+GPU Scheduler
+=============
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
+ :doc: Overview
+
+Scheduler Function References
+-----------------------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/drm/gpu_scheduler.h
+ :internal:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/gpu_scheduler.c
+ :export:
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv b/Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv
index 07ed22ea3bd6..bfde04eddd14 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/kms-properties.csv
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Owner Module/Drivers,Group,Property Name,Type,Property Values,Object attached,De
,Virtual GPU,“suggested X”,RANGE,"Min=0, Max=0xffffffff",Connector,property to suggest an X offset for a connector
,,“suggested Y”,RANGE,"Min=0, Max=0xffffffff",Connector,property to suggest an Y offset for a connector
,Optional,"""aspect ratio""",ENUM,"{ ""None"", ""4:3"", ""16:9"" }",Connector,TDB
+,Optional,"""content type""",ENUM,"{ ""No Data"", ""Graphics"", ""Photo"", ""Cinema"", ""Game"" }",Connector,TBD
i915,Generic,"""Broadcast RGB""",ENUM,"{ ""Automatic"", ""Full"", ""Limited 16:235"" }",Connector,"When this property is set to Limited 16:235 and CTM is set, the hardware will be programmed with the result of the multiplication of CTM by the limited range matrix to ensure the pixels normaly in the range 0..1.0 are remapped to the range 16/255..235/255."
,,“audio”,ENUM,"{ ""force-dvi"", ""off"", ""auto"", ""on"" }",Connector,TBD
,SDVO-TV,“mode”,ENUM,"{ ""NTSC_M"", ""NTSC_J"", ""NTSC_443"", ""PAL_B"" } etc.",Connector,TBD
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt b/Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt
index 34c3a1b50b9a..f0ed7c30e695 100644
--- a/Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt
+++ b/Documentation/locking/ww-mutex-design.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Wait/Wound Deadlock-Proof Mutex Design
+Wound/Wait Deadlock-Proof Mutex Design
======================================
Please read mutex-design.txt first, as it applies to wait/wound mutexes too.
@@ -32,10 +32,26 @@ the oldest task) wins, and the one with the higher reservation id (i.e. the
younger task) unlocks all of the buffers that it has already locked, and then
tries again.
-In the RDBMS literature this deadlock handling approach is called wait/wound:
-The older tasks waits until it can acquire the contended lock. The younger tasks
-needs to back off and drop all the locks it is currently holding, i.e. the
-younger task is wounded.
+In the RDBMS literature, a reservation ticket is associated with a transaction.
+and the deadlock handling approach is called Wait-Die. The name is based on
+the actions of a locking thread when it encounters an already locked mutex.
+If the transaction holding the lock is younger, the locking transaction waits.
+If the transaction holding the lock is older, the locking transaction backs off
+and dies. Hence Wait-Die.
+There is also another algorithm called Wound-Wait:
+If the transaction holding the lock is younger, the locking transaction
+wounds the transaction holding the lock, requesting it to die.
+If the transaction holding the lock is older, it waits for the other
+transaction. Hence Wound-Wait.
+The two algorithms are both fair in that a transaction will eventually succeed.
+However, the Wound-Wait algorithm is typically stated to generate fewer backoffs
+compared to Wait-Die, but is, on the other hand, associated with more work than
+Wait-Die when recovering from a backoff. Wound-Wait is also a preemptive
+algorithm in that transactions are wounded by other transactions, and that
+requires a reliable way to pick up up the wounded condition and preempt the
+running transaction. Note that this is not the same as process preemption. A
+Wound-Wait transaction is considered preempted when it dies (returning
+-EDEADLK) following a wound.
Concepts
--------
@@ -47,18 +63,20 @@ Acquire context: To ensure eventual forward progress it is important the a task
trying to acquire locks doesn't grab a new reservation id, but keeps the one it
acquired when starting the lock acquisition. This ticket is stored in the
acquire context. Furthermore the acquire context keeps track of debugging state
-to catch w/w mutex interface abuse.
+to catch w/w mutex interface abuse. An acquire context is representing a
+transaction.
W/w class: In contrast to normal mutexes the lock class needs to be explicit for
-w/w mutexes, since it is required to initialize the acquire context.
+w/w mutexes, since it is required to initialize the acquire context. The lock
+class also specifies what algorithm to use, Wound-Wait or Wait-Die.
Furthermore there are three different class of w/w lock acquire functions:
* Normal lock acquisition with a context, using ww_mutex_lock.
-* Slowpath lock acquisition on the contending lock, used by the wounded task
- after having dropped all already acquired locks. These functions have the
- _slow postfix.
+* Slowpath lock acquisition on the contending lock, used by the task that just
+ killed its transaction after having dropped all already acquired locks.
+ These functions have the _slow postfix.
From a simple semantics point-of-view the _slow functions are not strictly
required, since simply calling the normal ww_mutex_lock functions on the
@@ -90,6 +108,12 @@ provided.
Usage
-----
+The algorithm (Wait-Die vs Wound-Wait) is chosen by using either
+DEFINE_WW_CLASS() (Wound-Wait) or DEFINE_WD_CLASS() (Wait-Die)
+As a rough rule of thumb, use Wound-Wait iff you
+expect the number of simultaneous competing transactions to be typically small,
+and you want to reduce the number of rollbacks.
+
Three different ways to acquire locks within the same w/w class. Common
definitions for methods #1 and #2:
@@ -220,7 +244,7 @@ mutexes are a natural fit for such a case for two reasons:
Note that this approach differs in two important ways from the above methods:
- Since the list of objects is dynamically constructed (and might very well be
- different when retrying due to hitting the -EDEADLK wound condition) there's
+ different when retrying due to hitting the -EDEADLK die condition) there's
no need to keep any object on a persistent list when it's not locked. We can
therefore move the list_head into the object itself.
- On the other hand the dynamic object list construction also means that the -EALREADY return
@@ -312,12 +336,23 @@ Design:
We maintain the following invariants for the wait list:
(1) Waiters with an acquire context are sorted by stamp order; waiters
without an acquire context are interspersed in FIFO order.
- (2) Among waiters with contexts, only the first one can have other locks
- acquired already (ctx->acquired > 0). Note that this waiter may come
- after other waiters without contexts in the list.
+ (2) For Wait-Die, among waiters with contexts, only the first one can have
+ other locks acquired already (ctx->acquired > 0). Note that this waiter
+ may come after other waiters without contexts in the list.
+
+ The Wound-Wait preemption is implemented with a lazy-preemption scheme:
+ The wounded status of the transaction is checked only when there is
+ contention for a new lock and hence a true chance of deadlock. In that
+ situation, if the transaction is wounded, it backs off, clears the
+ wounded status and retries. A great benefit of implementing preemption in
+ this way is that the wounded transaction can identify a contending lock to
+ wait for before restarting the transaction. Just blindly restarting the
+ transaction would likely make the transaction end up in a situation where
+ it would have to back off again.
In general, not much contention is expected. The locks are typically used to
- serialize access to resources for devices.
+ serialize access to resources for devices, and optimization focus should
+ therefore be directed towards the uncontended cases.
Lockdep:
Special care has been taken to warn for as many cases of api abuse
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