linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/16] scsi: Replace spin_is

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Date:   Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:37:34 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Lance Roy <ldr709@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Karan Tilak Kumar <kartilak@...co.com>,
        Sesidhar Baddela <sebaddel@...co.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/16] scsi: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdep


Lance,

> lockdep_assert_held() is better suited to checking locking
> requirements, since it won't get confused when someone else holds the
> lock. This is also a step towards possibly removing spin_is_locked().

Applied to 4.20/scsi-queue, thank you!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering