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Re: [PATCH 05/11] XFS: Fix lock ASSERT on UP

To: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/11] XFS: Fix lock ASSERT on UP
From: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:47:53 +1100
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, xfs-masters@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <1331924464-18023-6-git-send-email-andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <1331924464-18023-1-git-send-email-andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <1331924464-18023-6-git-send-email-andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:00:58PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ASSERT(!spin_is_locked()) doesn't work on UP builds. Replace with a standard
> lockdep_assert_held()
> 
> Cc: xfs-masters@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
> index 8c3e463..8654d78 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iget.c
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ xfs_inode_alloc(
>       }
>  
>       ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
> -     ASSERT(!spin_is_locked(&ip->i_flags_lock));
> +     lockdep_assert_held(&ip->i_flags_lock);
>       ASSERT(!xfs_isiflocked(ip));
>       ASSERT(ip->i_ino == 0);
>  
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ xfs_inode_free(
>  
>       /* asserts to verify all state is correct here */
>       ASSERT(atomic_read(&ip->i_pincount) == 0);
> -     ASSERT(!spin_is_locked(&ip->i_flags_lock));
> +     lockdep_assert_held(&ip->i_flags_lock);
>       ASSERT(!xfs_isiflocked(ip));

So this means we only ever check that the spinlock is held when
lockdep is turned on instead of whenever CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG is set?
That means it will rarely get checked during development instead of
all the time. That's not an improvement IMO....

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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