netdev - Re: [patch 2/4] net: use mutex_is_locked() for ASSERT

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Date:	Mon, 17 Dec 2007 08:44:11 +0100
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] net: use mutex_is_locked() for ASSERT_RTNL()

On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 08:26:01AM +0100, Jarek Poplawski wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 09:26:32AM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
...
> > I retract what I've said in this thread and continue to oppose
> > this change without a might_sleep.
...
> So, I think using might_sleep() explicitly would be much more
> readable or, otherwise, Patrick's proposal with adding
> ASSERT_RTNL_ATOMIC would implicitly signal the real meaning of the
> other one.

OOPS! I've looped again! Of course, ASSERT_RTNL with might_sleep()
would be explicit enough by itself (if we don't believe atomicity
is debugged enough). So, this atomic version could be usable for
other reasons.
 
Jarek P.
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