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Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:23:01 -0400
From:	Bobby Powers <bobbypowers@...il.com>
To:	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Bobby Powers <bobbypowers@...il.com>,
	Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Btrfs, lockdep: get_restripe_target: use lockdep in BUG_ON

On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Bobby Powers <bobbypowers@...il.com> wrote:
> spin_is_locked always returns 0 on non-SMP systems, which causes btrfs
> to fail the mount.  There is documentation pending as to why checking

I guess I should be explicit in stating that this is a regression, so
this patch or something else that addresses it should be pulled into
3.4.

> for spin_is_locked is a bad idea:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/27/413
>
> The suggested lockdep_assert_held() is not appropriate in this case,
> as what get_restripe_target() is checking for is that either
> volume_mutex is held or balance_lock is held.  Luckily
> lockdep_assert_held() is a simple macro:
>
> WARN_ON(debug_locks && !lockdep_is_held(l))
>
> We can mimic the structure in get_restripe_target(), but we need to
> make sure lockdep_is_held() is defined for the !LOCKDEP case.
>
> CC: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>
> CC: Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
> CC: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> CC: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.de>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Bobby Powers <bobbypowers@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c  |    5 +++--
>  include/linux/lockdep.h |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> index a844204..4d13eb1 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kthread.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
>  #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
> +#include <linux/lockdep.h>
>  #include "compat.h"
>  #include "hash.h"
>  #include "ctree.h"
> @@ -3158,8 +3159,8 @@ static u64 get_restripe_target(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 flags)
>        struct btrfs_balance_control *bctl = fs_info->balance_ctl;
>        u64 target = 0;
>
> -       BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&fs_info->volume_mutex) &&
> -              !spin_is_locked(&fs_info->balance_lock));
> +       BUG_ON(debug_locks && !lockdep_is_held(&fs_info->volume_mutex) &&
> +              !lockdep_is_held(&fs_info->balance_lock));
>
>        if (!bctl)
>                return 0;
> diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
> index d36619e..94c0edb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
> @@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ struct lock_class_key { };
>
>  #define lockdep_depth(tsk)     (0)
>
> +#define lockdep_is_held(l)     (0)
>  #define lockdep_assert_held(l)                 do { } while (0)
>
>  #define lockdep_recursing(tsk)                 (0)
> --
> 1.7.10.rc3.3.g19a6c
>
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