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Date:   Fri, 10 Jan 2020 22:40:33 +0530
From:   Amol Grover <frextrite@...il.com>
To:     Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@....com>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@...il.com>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: nvme: target: core: Pass lockdep expression to
 RCU lists

On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 01:31:34AM +0900, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 06:53:58PM +0530, Amol Grover wrote:
> > +#define subsys_lock_held() \
> > +	lockdep_is_held(&subsys->lock)
> 
> This macro requires "struct nvmet_subsys *subsys" was previously declared
> in the function using it, which isn't obvious when looking at the users. I
> don't think that's worth the conciseness.
> 

Hey Keith,
If I understand correctly, you're saying `*subsys` is always declared in the
function using it, right? I too think, this could cause confusion to the person
going through the code, I'll fix it right away.

Thanks
Amol

> > @@ -555,7 +558,8 @@ int nvmet_ns_enable(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
> >  	} else {
> >  		struct nvmet_ns *old;
> >  
> > -		list_for_each_entry_rcu(old, &subsys->namespaces, dev_link) {
> > +		list_for_each_entry_rcu(old, &subsys->namespaces, dev_link,
> > +							subsys_lock_held()) {
> >  			BUG_ON(ns->nsid == old->nsid);
> >  			if (ns->nsid < old->nsid)
> >  				break;