[PATCH] locking/rwsem: mark down_(read|write)_trylock() as __must_check

From: Rolf Eike Beer
Date: Thu Feb 17 2022 - 03:25:02 EST


When you don't look at the return code you can't know if you actually got
the lock.

Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eb@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/rwsem.h | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/rwsem.h b/include/linux/rwsem.h
index f9348769e558..f62fa3ec95de 100644
--- a/include/linux/rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/rwsem.h
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ extern int __must_check down_read_killable(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
/*
* trylock for reading -- returns 1 if successful, 0 if contention
*/
-extern int down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+extern int __must_check down_read_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem);

/*
* lock for writing
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ extern int __must_check down_write_killable(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
/*
* trylock for writing -- returns 1 if successful, 0 if contention
*/
-extern int down_write_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem);
+extern int __must_check down_write_trylock(struct rw_semaphore *sem);

/*
* release a read lock
--
2.35.1

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