linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rxrpc: struct mutex cannot be used for rxrpc_call::user

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Date:   Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:13:14 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rxrpc: struct mutex cannot be used for
 rxrpc_call::user_mutex

On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 09:44:17AM -0800, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> > Automate what exactly?
> 
> What I meant was automating finding cases that are 'false positives' such
> as rxrpc and kexec _before_ re-adding the warn.

I suppose we can keep the WARN patch in a -next enabled branch for a
while, without it nessecarily going into linus' tree on the next
release.

That does require people actually testing -next, which seems somewhat
optimistic.

Alternatively, you can try your hand at smatch ...