From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> I could only find the fairness requirements documented as the C code, this calls them out in a comment just to be a bit more explicit. Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h b/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h index 7ae0ece07b4e..24ae09c1db9f 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/qrwlock.h @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ /* * Queue read/write lock * + * These use generic atomic and locking routines, but depend on a fair spinlock + * implementation in order to be fair themselves. The implementation in + * asm-generic/spinlock.h meets these requirements. + * * (C) Copyright 2013-2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. * * Authors: Waiman Long <waiman.long@xxxxxx> -- 2.34.1
