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linux/compiler.h: add __must_hold macro for functions called with a lock 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>
Josh Triplett 12 years ago
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include/linux/compiler.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # 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)
@@ -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