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Documentation: Add lock ordering and nesting documentation
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Sat, 21 Mar 2020 11:25:57 +0000 (12:25 +0100)
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:00:23 +0000 (16:00 +0100)
commitdc92152fd2170d68b51c50a72965025ac5678f73
tree778449c70ad3cb63e80887e4d71991e16d00f0cctree | snapshot
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Documentation: Add lock ordering and nesting documentation

The kernel provides a variety of locking primitives. The nesting of these
lock types and the implications of them on RT enabled kernels is nowhere
documented.

Add initial documentation.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200321113242.026561244@linutronix.de
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Linux Kernel Source Tree.