Linux驱动之互斥锁

互斥锁是为了替代信号量，修改于2.6.10-2.6.22。参考：http://blog.chinaunix.net/uid-26023319-id-2980285.html

描述：

/*
 * Simple, straightforward mutexes with strict semantics:
 *
 * - only one task can hold the mutex at a time
 * - only the owner can unlock the mutex
 * - multiple unlocks are not permitted
 * - recursive locking is not permitted
 * - a mutex object must be initialized via the API
 * - a mutex object must not be initialized via memset or copying
 * - task may not exit with mutex held
 * - memory areas where held locks reside must not be freed
 * - held mutexes must not be reinitialized
 * - mutexes may not be used in hardware or software interrupt
 *   contexts such as tasklets and timers
 *
 * These semantics are fully enforced when DEBUG_MUTEXES is
 * enabled. Furthermore, besides enforcing the above rules, the mutex
 * debugging code also implements a number of additional features
 * that make lock debugging easier and faster:
 *
 * - uses symbolic names of mutexes, whenever they are printed in debug output
 * - point-of-acquire tracking, symbolic lookup of function names
 * - list of all locks held in the system, printout of them
 * - owner tracking
 * - detects self-recursing locks and prints out all relevant info
 * - detects multi-task circular deadlocks and prints out all affected
 *   locks and tasks (and only those tasks)
 */
struct mutex {
	/* 1: unlocked, 0: locked, negative: locked, possible waiters */
	atomic_t		count;
	spinlock_t		wait_lock;
	struct list_head	wait_list;
#if defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES) || defined(CONFIG_SMP)
	struct thread_info	*owner;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
	const char 		*name;
	void			*magic;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
	struct lockdep_map	dep_map;
#endif
};

可以看出互斥锁的实现还是给予自旋锁以及原子变量。

注意：不能嵌套锁，不能使用在tasklet或则timer这样的中断上下文中。

声明：

#define __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname) \
		{ .count = ATOMIC_INIT(1) \
		, .wait_lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(lockname.wait_lock) \
		, .wait_list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(lockname.wait_list) \
		__DEBUG_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname) \
		__DEP_MAP_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(lockname) }

#define DEFINE_MUTEX(mutexname) \
	struct mutex mutexname = __MUTEX_INITIALIZER(mutexname)

extern void __mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name,
			 struct lock_class_key *key);

获取锁：

/***
 * mutex_lock - acquire the mutex
 * @lock: the mutex to be acquired
 *
 * Lock the mutex exclusively for this task. If the mutex is not
 * available right now, it will sleep until it can get it.
 *
 * The mutex must later on be released by the same task that
 * acquired it. Recursive locking is not allowed. The task
 * may not exit without first unlocking the mutex. Also, kernel
 * memory where the mutex resides mutex must not be freed with
 * the mutex still locked. The mutex must first be initialized
 * (or statically defined) before it can be locked. memset()-ing
 * the mutex to 0 is not allowed.
 *
 * ( The CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES .config option turns on debugging
 *   checks that will enforce the restrictions and will also do
 *   deadlock debugging. )
 *
 * This function is similar to (but not equivalent to) down().
 */
void __sched mutex_lock(struct mutex *lock)
{
	might_sleep();
	/*
	 * The locking fastpath is the 1->0 transition from
	 * 'unlocked' into 'locked' state.
	 */
	__mutex_fastpath_lock(&lock->count, __mutex_lock_slowpath);
	mutex_set_owner(lock);
}

释放锁：

/***
 * mutex_unlock - release the mutex
 * @lock: the mutex to be released
 *
 * Unlock a mutex that has been locked by this task previously.
 *
 * This function must not be used in interrupt context. Unlocking
 * of a not locked mutex is not allowed.
 *
 * This function is similar to (but not equivalent to) up().
 */
void __sched mutex_unlock(struct mutex *lock)
{
	/*
	 * The unlocking fastpath is the 0->1 transition from 'locked'
	 * into 'unlocked' state:
	 */
#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES
	/*
	 * When debugging is enabled we must not clear the owner before time,
	 * the slow path will always be taken, and that clears the owner field
	 * after verifying that it was indeed current.
	 */
	mutex_clear_owner(lock);
#endif
	__mutex_fastpath_unlock(&lock->count, __mutex_unlock_slowpath);
}

当然一般地有其他变体：

mutex_lock_interruptible 

mutex_lock_killable

mutex_lock_nested

mutex_lock_interruptible_nested

mutex_lock_killable_nested

mutex_trylock