linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] target: drop spin_lock_assert() + irqs

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:47:14 +0000
From:   Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] target: drop spin_lock_assert() + irqs_disabled()
 combo checks

On Fri, 2018-03-23 at 18:36 +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> There are a few functions which check for if the lock is held
> (spin_lock_assert()) and the interrupts are disabled (irqs_disabled()).
> > From looking at the code, each function is static, the caller is near by
> 
> and does spin_lock_irq|safe(). As Linus puts it:
> 
> > It's not like this is some function that is exported to random users,
> > and we should check that the calling convention is right.
> > 
> > This looks like "it may have been useful during coding to document
> > things, but it's not useful long-term".
> 
> Remove those checks.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@....com>