linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] plist: add mutex to the blessed lock type for plists

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Date:	Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:01:48 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Dima Zavin <dima@...roid.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] plist: add mutex to the blessed lock type for plists

On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 12:33 -0700, Dima Zavin wrote:

> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
>  #include <linux/plist.h>
>  #include <linux/spinlock.h>
>  
> @@ -56,11 +57,14 @@ static void plist_check_list(struct list_head *top)
>  
>  static void plist_check_head(struct plist_head *head)
>  {
> -	WARN_ON(head != &test_head && !head->rawlock && !head->spinlock);
> +	WARN_ON(head != &test_head && !head->rawlock && !head->spinlock &&
> +		!head->mutex);
>  	if (head->rawlock)
>  		WARN_ON_SMP(!raw_spin_is_locked(head->rawlock));
>  	if (head->spinlock)
>  		WARN_ON_SMP(!spin_is_locked(head->spinlock));
> +	if (head->mutex)
> +		WARN_ON_SMP(!mutex_is_locked(head->mutex));

Spin locks are NOPs on SMP, but mutexes are not. Are you sure you want
this as WARN_ON_SMP()?

-- Steve

>  	if (!plist_head_empty(head))
>  		plist_check_list(&plist_first(head)->prio_list);
>  	plist_check_list(&head->node_list);


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