docs: locking: Discourage from calling disable_irq() in atomic

Correct the example in the documentation so that disable_irq() is not being called in atomic context. disable_irq() calls sleeping synchronize_irq(), it's not allowed to call them in atomic context. Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/87k02wbs2n.ffs@tglx/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221212163715.830315-1-alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com
mariux64 · Jan 11, 2023 · 379af13 · 379af13
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -1277,11 +1277,11 @@ Manfred Spraul points out that you can still do this, even if the data
 is very occasionally accessed in user context or softirqs/tasklets. The
 irq handler doesn't use a lock, and all other accesses are done as so::
 
-        spin_lock(&lock);
+        mutex_lock(&lock);
         disable_irq(irq);
         ...
         enable_irq(irq);
-        spin_unlock(&lock);
+        mutex_unlock(&lock);
 
 The disable_irq() prevents the irq handler from running
 (and waits for it to finish if it's currently running on other CPUs).

diff --git a/Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst b/Documentation/translations/it_IT/kernel-hacking/locking.rst
@@ -1307,11 +1307,11 @@ se i dati vengono occasionalmente utilizzati da un contesto utente o
 da un'interruzione software. Il gestore d'interruzione non utilizza alcun
 *lock*, e tutti gli altri accessi verranno fatti così::
 
-        spin_lock(&lock);
+        mutex_lock(&lock);
         disable_irq(irq);
         ...
         enable_irq(irq);
-        spin_unlock(&lock);
+        mutex_unlock(&lock);
 
 La funzione disable_irq() impedisce al gestore d'interruzioni
 d'essere eseguito (e aspetta che finisca nel caso fosse in esecuzione su