linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 04/12] cpuset: Add new v2 cpuset.sched.partition flag

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Date:   Tue, 6 Nov 2018 12:35:38 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Cc:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com, pjt@...gle.com, luto@...capital.net,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>,
        Tom Hromatka <tom.hromatka@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 04/12] cpuset: Add new v2 cpuset.sched.partition flag

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 04:29:29PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> + * Called with cpuset_mutex held.
> + */
> +static int update_parent_subparts_cpumask(struct cpuset *cpuset, int cmd,
> +					  struct cpumask *newmask,
> +					  struct tmpmasks *tmp)
> +{
> +	struct cpuset *parent = parent_cs(cpuset);
> +	int adding;	/* Moving cpus from effective_cpus to subparts_cpus */
> +	int deleting;	/* Moving cpus from subparts_cpus to effective_cpus */
> +

I much prefer doing away with that "called with * held" comment crud and
add:

	lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);