linux-kernel - Sparse fix for scsi_request

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Date:	Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:48:45 -0600
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Sparse fix for scsi_request_fn

Introduce new __holds() macro to tell sparse it's OK to drop and then
reacquire a lock within a function.  Use it in scsi_request_fn.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 207f1aa..5e0583a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1374,6 +1372,7 @@ static void scsi_softirq_done(struct request *rq)
  * Lock status: IO request lock assumed to be held when called.
  */
 static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q)
+		__holds(q->queue_lock)
 {
 	struct scsi_device *sdev = q->queuedata;
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost;
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 86f9a3a..1611ac6 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # define __iomem	__attribute__((noderef, address_space(2)))
 # define __acquires(x)	__attribute__((context(x,0,1)))
 # define __releases(x)	__attribute__((context(x,1,0)))
+# define __holds(x)	__attribute__((context(x,1,1)))
 # define __acquire(x)	__context__(x,1)
 # define __release(x)	__context__(x,-1)
 # define __cond_lock(x,c)	((c) ? ({ __acquire(x); 1; }) : 0)
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
 # define __builtin_warning(x, y...) (1)
 # define __acquires(x)
 # define __releases(x)
+# define __holds(x)
 # define __acquire(x) (void)0
 # define __release(x) (void)0
 # define __cond_lock(x,c) (c)

-- 
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operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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