linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] locking/lockdep: clean up #ifdef checks

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Message-ID: <20190628110353.ijd42pbhqfsdsi2n@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:03:54 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Yuyang Du <duyuyang@...il.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] locking/lockdep: clean up #ifdef checks

Hi Arnd,

On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 12:29:03PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> As Will Deacon points out, CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING implies TRACE_IRQFLAGS,
> so the conditions I added in the previous patch, and some others in the
> same file can be simplified by only checking for the former.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Fixes: 886532aee3cd ("locking/lockdep: Move mark_lock() inside CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS && CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 13 ++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Thanks for following up on this. I think it makes the code easier to read,
so:

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

Will