linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] target: drop spin_lock_assert() + irqs

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Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:15:54 +0200
From:   "bigeasy@...utronix.de" <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "nab@...ux-iscsi.org" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>,
        Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>,
        "acme@...nel.org" <acme@...nel.org>,
        "daniel@...stot.me" <daniel@...stot.me>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "williams@...hat.com" <williams@...hat.com>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "lclaudio@...hat.com" <lclaudio@...hat.com>,
        "target-devel@...r.kernel.org" <target-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] target: drop spin_lock_assert() + irqs_disabled()
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On 2018-03-26 11:13:59 [-0400], Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
> > index 9c7bc1ca341a..3d35dad1de2c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
> > +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_tmr.c
> 
> Can you add a comment above the functions though?
> 
> /* Expects to have se_cmd->se_sess->sess_cmd_lock held */

I could. I haven't heard from Bart / Nicholas about their opinion. I
know, we do this other places but Bart was against this kind of
annotation in 2/2 of this thread.
So I am waiting to hear from them :)

> 
> -- Steve

Sebastian