Re: [PATCH] drm: Do not use BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked())

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Mon Aug 11 2014 - 10:06:54 EST


On 08/11/2014 04:45 AM, David Rientjes wrote:
On Sun, 10 Aug 2014, Guenter Roeck wrote:

spin_is_locked() always returns false in uniprocessor configurations
and can therefore not be used with BUG_ON. Replace it with
assert_spin_locked(), which exists for that very purpose.


It may be helpful to assess whether any of these sites should be converted
to lockdep_assert_held() so they have no cost when lockdep isn't enabled
but still reveal problems when debugging.



Possibly, but that would need to be done by someone with better knowledge
about locking and the code than me.

Guenter

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