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linux/compiler.h: add __must_hold macro for functions called with a l…
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…ock held

linux/compiler.h has macros to denote functions that acquire or release
locks, but not to denote functions called with a lock held that return
with the lock still held.  Add a __must_hold macro to cover that case.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Reported-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Tested-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Josh Triplett authored and Linus Torvalds committed Dec 18, 2012
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# define __force __attribute__((force))
# define __nocast __attribute__((nocast))
# define __iomem __attribute__((noderef, address_space(2)))
# define __must_hold(x) __attribute__((context(x,1,1)))
# define __acquires(x) __attribute__((context(x,0,1)))
# define __releases(x) __attribute__((context(x,1,0)))
# define __acquire(x) __context__(x,1)
Expand All @@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
# define __chk_user_ptr(x) (void)0
# define __chk_io_ptr(x) (void)0
# define __builtin_warning(x, y...) (1)
# define __must_hold(x)
# define __acquires(x)
# define __releases(x)
# define __acquire(x) (void)0
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