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FENCE_INIT(9) Device drivers infrastructure FENCE_INIT(9)

NAME

fence_init - Initialize a custom fence.

SYNOPSIS

void fence_init(struct fence * fence, const struct fence_ops * ops, spinlock_t * lock, u64 context, unsigned seqno);

ARGUMENTS

fence

[in] the fence to initialize

ops

[in] the fence_ops for operations on this fence

lock

[in] the irqsafe spinlock to use for locking this fence

context

[in] the execution context this fence is run on

seqno

[in] a linear increasing sequence number for this context

DESCRIPTION

Initializes an allocated fence, the caller doesn't have to keep its refcount after committing with this fence, but it will need to hold a refcount again if fence_ops.enable_signaling gets called. This can be used for other implementing other types of fence.

context and seqno are used for easy comparison between fences, allowing to check which fence is later by simply using fence_later.

COPYRIGHT

January 2017 Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.