__WAKE_UP

Section: Driver Basics (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

__wake_up - wake up threads blocked on a waitqueue.  

SYNOPSIS

void __wake_up(wait_queue_head_t * q, unsigned int mode, int nr_exclusive, void * key);
 

ARGUMENTS

q

the waitqueue

mode

which threads

nr_exclusive

how many wake-one or wake-many threads to wake up

key

is directly passed to the wakeup function
 

DESCRIPTION

It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier before changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up.  

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