linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI / scan: Annotate physical_node_lock in acpi_scan_is

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Date:	Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:01:57 -0600
From:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>,
	guohanjun@...wei.com, hanjun.guo@...aro.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI / scan: Annotate physical_node_lock in
 acpi_scan_is_offline()

On Sat, 2015-04-11 at 01:31 +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> 
> acpi_scan_is_offline() may be called under the physical_node_lock
> of the given device object's parent, so prevent lockdep from
> complaining about that by annotating that instance with
> SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING.
> 
> Reported-by: Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>

Agreed that the issue is likely with the lock-class.  Assuming Xie's
test goes well (we will need to wait for that :),

Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>

Thanks,
-Toshi


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