Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 54/55] rcu: Make srcu_read_lock_held()call common lockdep-enabled function

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 07:03:10PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 11:00:48AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > A common debug_lockdep_rcu_enabled() function is used to check whether
> > RCU lockdep splats should be reported, but srcu_read_lock() does not
> > use it.  This commit therefore brings srcu_read_lock_held() up to date.
> 
> Should this patch go before 53, or merge into 53, to prevent the issues
> you describe from occuring in a tree which has 53 applied but not 54?

It is OK as is because the SRCU code does something reasonably sane
as is.  This is more about code cleanliness than about functionality.

							Thanx, Paul

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/