mtx_lock_recurse/mtx_unlock_recurse functions (proof-of-concept).

From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek (pjd_at_FreeBSD.org)
Date: 04/08/04

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    Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:36:47 +0200
To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org

    Hi.

    As was discussed, it will be helpful to have functions, that are able
    to acquire lock recursively, even if lock itself isn't recursable.

    Here is a patch, that should implement this functionality:

            http://people.freebsd.org/~pjd/patches/mtx_lock_recurse.patch

    I also added a KASSERT() to protect against mixed locking modes, e.g.:

            mtx_lock(&mtx);
            [...]
            mtx_lock_recurse(&mtx);
            [...]
            mtx_unlock(&mtx);
            [...]
            mtx_unlock_recurse(&mtx);

    This is not permitted, but this should work just fine:

            mtx_lock(&mtx);
            [...]
            mtx_lock_recurse(&mtx);
            [...]
            mtx_unlock_recurse(&mtx);
            [...]
            mtx_unlock(&mtx); 

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.FreeBSD.org
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