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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst index dc791c8d84d1..37b20170835d 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/sparse.rst @@ -53,25 +53,6 @@ sure that bitwise types don't get mixed up (little-endian vs big-endian vs cpu-endian vs whatever), and there the constant "0" really _is_ special. -Using sparse for lock checking ------------------------------- - -The following macros are undefined for gcc and defined during a sparse -run to use the "context" tracking feature of sparse, applied to -locking. These annotations tell sparse when a lock is held, with -regard to the annotated function's entry and exit. - -__must_hold - The specified lock is held on function entry and exit. - -__acquires - The specified lock is held on function exit, but not entry. - -__releases - The specified lock is held on function entry, but not exit. - -If the function enters and exits without the lock held, acquiring and -releasing the lock inside the function in a balanced way, no -annotation is needed. The three annotations above are for cases where -sparse would otherwise report a context imbalance. - Getting sparse -------------- |