Re: [PATCH v6 05/15] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Apr 19 2017 - 13:20:34 EST


On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 05:18:52PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> +config LOCKDEP_CROSSRELEASE
> + bool "Lock debugging: make lockdep work for crosslocks"
> + select PROVE_LOCKING

depends PROVE_LOCKING

instead ?

> + default n
> + help
> + This makes lockdep work for crosslock which is a lock allowed to
> + be released in a different context from the acquisition context.
> + Normally a lock must be released in the context acquiring the lock.
> + However, relexing this constraint helps synchronization primitives
> + such as page locks or completions can use the lock correctness
> + detector, lockdep.
> +
> config PROVE_LOCKING
> bool "Lock debugging: prove locking correctness"
> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
> --
> 1.9.1
>