linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 00/11] lock monitor: Separate features related to lock

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Date:	Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:56:11 +0900
From:	Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@....info.waseda.ac.jp>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, h.mitake@...il.com,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 00/11] lock monitor: Separate features related to
 lock

On 03/24/10 00:32, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
 > On Sat, 2010-03-20 at 17:23 +0900, Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
 >> In lockdep, held_locks of task_struct are accessed this arithmetical way
 >>                  prev = curr->held_locks + i;
 >> Of course this is valid way, but I feel it is more simple and 
natural way
 >>                  prev = curr->held_locks[i];
 >>
 >
 > The latter is a type mis-match, an equivalent expression would be:
 >     &curr->held_locks[i];
 >

Yeah, sorry.

And is there reason that the statement is not
     &curr->held_locks[i];
but
     prev = curr->held_locks + i;
?

Of course, curr->held_locks + i style statement causes no problem.
But I had a little interest in the selection of style.
Do you know the reason?

Thanks,
	Hitoshi
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