* an anonymous instance of the (guard) class, not recommended for
* conditional locks.
*
+ * if_not_guard(name, args...) { <error handling> }:
+ * convenience macro for conditional guards that calls the statement that
+ * follows only if the lock was not acquired (typically an error return).
+ *
+ * Only for conditional locks.
+ *
* scoped_guard (name, args...) { }:
* similar to CLASS(name, scope)(args), except the variable (with the
* explicit name 'scope') is declard in a for-loop such that its scope is
#define scoped_cond_guard(_name, _fail, args...) \
__scoped_cond_guard(_name, _fail, __UNIQUE_ID(label), args)
+
+#define __if_not_guard(_name, _id, args...) \
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(!__is_cond_ptr(_name)); \
+ CLASS(_name, _id)(args); \
+ if (!__guard_ptr(_name)(&_id))
+
+#define if_not_guard(_name, args...) \
+ __if_not_guard(_name, __UNIQUE_ID(guard), args)
+
/*
* Additional helper macros for generating lock guards with types, either for
* locks that don't have a native type (eg. RCU, preempt) or those that need a