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In the future, with the new deadlock cycle detector, we won't be using bare six_lock_* anymore: lock wait entries will all be embedded in btree_trans, and we will need a btree_trans context whenever locking a btree node. This patch plumbs a btree_trans to the few places that need it, and adds two new locking functions - btree_node_lock_nopath, which may fail returning a transaction restart, and - btree_node_lock_nopath_nofail, to be used in places where we know we cannot deadlock (i.e. because we're holding no other locks). Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.