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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched/completion.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/completion.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/completion.c b/kernel/sched/completion.c index c9524d2d9316..5d9131aa846f 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/completion.c +++ b/kernel/sched/completion.c @@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(complete); * * It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier before * changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up. + * + * Since complete_all() sets the completion of @x permanently to done + * to allow multiple waiters to finish, a call to reinit_completion() + * must be used on @x if @x is to be used again. The code must make + * sure that all waiters have woken and finished before reinitializing + * @x. Also note that the function completion_done() can not be used + * to know if there are still waiters after complete_all() has been called. */ void complete_all(struct completion *x) { @@ -297,6 +304,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_wait_for_completion); * Return: 0 if there are waiters (wait_for_completion() in progress) * 1 if there are no waiters. * + * Note, this will always return true if complete_all() was called on @X. */ bool completion_done(struct completion *x) { |