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SubjectRe: [patch] lock validator: rtmutex unlock order annotation
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:57:06 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:

> rtmutex.c does a tricky piece of 'lock chain' logic spiced with trylock,
> which has one particular codepath where we intentionally release the
> locks in a different order as acquired. Annotate this for the lock
> validator to not complain if CONFIG_DEBUG_NON_NESTED_UNLOCKS=y.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> ---
> kernel/rtmutex.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux/kernel/rtmutex.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/kernel/rtmutex.c
> +++ linux/kernel/rtmutex.c
> @@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(ta
> plist_add(&waiter->list_entry, &lock->wait_list);
>
> /* Release the task */
> - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&task->pi_lock, flags);
> + spin_unlock_non_nested(&task->pi_lock);
> + local_irq_restore(flags);

y'know, if an innocent civilian were to stumble across this code he or she
would wonder "wtf is that doing"?

He or she would then go to the definition of spin_unlock_non_nested() and
would find it to be 100% comment-free.

IOW, hasty hackery is flying in all directions and the kernel is getting
crappier as a result.

And that's OK for now, because at some stage I'll be dropping the whole lot
so you can redo the series. But I just don't know what's in there any more
and we'll need to re-changelog, re-document, re-comment and re-review
everything in the for-real patch series. (ISTR having some minor comments
and questions against the initial patch series?)

We'll need to review it for comprehensibility (hence maintainability).

We'll need to measure the configged-off code size increase.

I think we have quite a long way to go yet on this stuff.
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