@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ rtmutex
RT-mutexes are mutexes with support for priority inheritance (PI).
-PI has limitations on non PREEMPT_RT enabled kernels due to preemption and
+PI has limitations on non-PREEMPT_RT-enabled kernels due to preemption and
interrupt disabled sections.
PI clearly cannot preempt preemption-disabled or interrupt-disabled
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ kernel configuration including PREEMPT_R
raw_spinlock_t is a strict spinning lock implementation in all kernels,
including PREEMPT_RT kernels. Use raw_spinlock_t only in real critical
-core code, low level interrupt handling and places where disabling
+core code, low-level interrupt handling and places where disabling
preemption or interrupts is required, for example, to safely access
hardware state. raw_spinlock_t can sometimes also be used when the
critical section is tiny, thus avoiding RT-mutex overhead.
@@ -160,20 +160,20 @@ spinlock_t
The semantics of spinlock_t change with the state of PREEMPT_RT.
-On a non PREEMPT_RT enabled kernel spinlock_t is mapped to raw_spinlock_t
+On a non-PREEMPT_RT-enabled kernel spinlock_t is mapped to raw_spinlock_t
and has exactly the same semantics.
spinlock_t and PREEMPT_RT
-------------------------
-On a PREEMPT_RT enabled kernel spinlock_t is mapped to a separate
+On a PREEMPT_RT-enabled kernel spinlock_t is mapped to a separate
implementation based on rt_mutex which changes the semantics:
- - Preemption is not disabled
+ - Preemption is not disabled.
- The hard interrupt related suffixes for spin_lock / spin_unlock
- operations (_irq, _irqsave / _irqrestore) do not affect the CPUs
- interrupt disabled state
+ operations (_irq, _irqsave / _irqrestore) do not affect the CPU's
+ interrupt disabled state.
- The soft interrupt related suffix (_bh()) still disables softirq
handlers.
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ fully preemptible context. Instead, use
spin_lock_irqsave() and their unlock counterparts. In cases where the
interrupt disabling and locking must remain separate, PREEMPT_RT offers a
local_lock mechanism. Acquiring the local_lock pins the task to a CPU,
-allowing things like per-CPU irq-disabled locks to be acquired. However,
+allowing things like per-CPU IRQ-disabled locks to be acquired. However,
this approach should be used only where absolutely necessary.