Documentation: locking: Add local_lock_nested_bh() to locktypes
local_lock_nested_bh() is used within networking where applicable. Document why it is used and how it behaves. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250815093858.930751-3-bigeasy@linutronix.de
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@ -204,6 +204,27 @@ per-CPU data structures on a non PREEMPT_RT kernel.
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local_lock is not suitable to protect against preemption or interrupts on a
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PREEMPT_RT kernel due to the PREEMPT_RT specific spinlock_t semantics.
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CPU local scope and bottom-half
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Per-CPU variables that are accessed only in softirq context should not rely on
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the assumption that this context is implicitly protected due to being
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non-preemptible. In a PREEMPT_RT kernel, softirq context is preemptible, and
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synchronizing every bottom-half-disabled section via implicit context results
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in an implicit per-CPU "big kernel lock."
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A local_lock_t together with local_lock_nested_bh() and
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local_unlock_nested_bh() for locking operations help to identify the locking
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scope.
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When lockdep is enabled, these functions verify that data structure access
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occurs within softirq context.
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Unlike local_lock(), local_unlock_nested_bh() does not disable preemption and
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does not add overhead when used without lockdep.
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On a PREEMPT_RT kernel, local_lock_t behaves as a real lock and
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local_unlock_nested_bh() serializes access to the data structure, which allows
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removal of serialization via local_bh_disable().
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raw_spinlock_t and spinlock_t
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