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

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2017 12:13:16 +0900
From:   Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:     <mingo@...nel.org>, <tglx@...utronix.de>, <walken@...gle.com>,
        <boqun.feng@...il.com>, <kirill@...temov.name>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <willy@...radead.org>, <npiggin@...il.com>, <kernel-team@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/15] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 07:20:19PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 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 ?

OK. I will change it.

> 
> > +	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
> >