centos man page for abort_exclusive_wait

ABORT_EXCLUSIVE_WAIT(9) 					   Driver Basics					   ABORT_EXCLUSIVE_WAIT(9)

NAME
       abort_exclusive_wait - abort exclusive waiting in a queue

SYNOPSIS
       void abort_exclusive_wait(wait_queue_head_t * q, wait_queue_t * wait, unsigned int mode, void * key);

ARGUMENTS
       q
	   waitqueue waited on

       wait
	   wait descriptor

       mode
	   runstate of the waiter to be woken

       key
	   key to identify a wait bit queue or NULL

DESCRIPTION
       Sets current thread back to running state and removes the wait descriptor from the given waitqueue if still queued.

       Wakes up the next waiter if the caller is concurrently woken up through the queue.

       This prevents waiter starvation where an exclusive waiter aborts and is woken up concurrently and no one wakes up the next waiter.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						   ABORT_EXCLUSIVE_WAIT(9)