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authorLinus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>2026-06-30 18:05:56 +0100
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>2026-08-05 16:48:11 +0100
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ARM: 9480/1: entry: expand comment in __switch_tografted
As per discussion between the developers in the mail thread linked, expand the comment in __switch_to so that readers of the code understand what is going on. Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
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+#ifndef __ASM_MCS_SPINLOCK_H
+#define __ASM_MCS_SPINLOCK_H
+
+struct mcs_spinlock {
+ struct mcs_spinlock *next;
+ int locked; /* 1 if lock acquired */
+ int count; /* nesting count, see qspinlock.c */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Architectures can define their own:
+ *
+ * arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(l)
+ * arch_mcs_spin_unlock_contended(l)
+ *
+ * See kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.c.
+ */
+
+#endif /* __ASM_MCS_SPINLOCK_H */