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Add support for creating global variables that are wrapped in a mutex or spinlock. The implementation here is intended to replace the global mutex workaround found in the Rust Binder RFC [1]. In both cases, the global lock must be initialized before first use. The macro is unsafe to use for the same reason. The separate initialization step is required because it is tricky to access the value of __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED from Rust. Doing so will require changes to the C side. That change will happen as a follow-up to this patch. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20231101-rust-binder-v1-2-08ba9197f637@google.com/#Z31drivers:android:context.rs [1] Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Reviewed-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241023-static-mutex-v6-1-d7efdadcc84f@google.com [ Simplified a few intra-doc links. Formatted a few comments. Reworded title. - Miguel ] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
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.