linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: tty_mutex: fix lockdep warning in tty_lock

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Date:	Sat, 26 May 2012 17:23:53 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: tty_mutex: fix lockdep warning in tty_lock_pair(v3)

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

>
>
> I've still to hear what's wrong with a simple:
>
>
>  if (!tty2 || tty == tty2) {
>        tty_lock(tty);
>        return;
>  }
>
>  if (tty > tty2)
>        swap(tty, tty2);
>
>  tty_lock(tty);
>  tty_lock_nested(tty2, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);

I remember that the patch may cause kernel hang in
my test. I will test it again to see if it is good.

>
>
> That's a lot more readable than the proposed code.
>
>> @@ -55,8 +64,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock_pair);
>>  void __lockfunc tty_unlock_pair(struct tty_struct *tty,
>>                                               struct tty_struct *tty2)
>>  {
>> -     tty_unlock(tty);
>> -     if (tty2 && tty2 != tty)
>> +     if (tty < tty2) {
>>               tty_unlock(tty2);
>> +             tty_unlock(tty);
>> +     } else {
>> +             tty_unlock(tty);
>> +             if (tty2 && tty2 != tty)
>> +                     tty_unlock(tty2);
>> +     }
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unlock_pair);
>
> This is complete crap, unlock order doesn't matter.

You mean that the below is good usage of lock?

        LOCK A
        LOCK B

        UNLOCK A
        UNLOCK B


Thanks,
--
Ming Lei
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