linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] drivers: soc: ti: knav_qmss_queue: Pass lockdep expression to RCU lists

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:25:55 -0800
From:   Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:     santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com
Cc:     Amol Grover <frextrite@...il.com>, arm-soc <arm@...nel.org>,
        Santosh Shilimkar <ssantosh@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.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 v2] drivers: soc: ti: knav_qmss_queue: Pass lockdep
 expression to RCU lists

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:24:04AM -0800, santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com wrote:
> On 1/17/20 5:30 AM, Amol Grover wrote:
> > inst->handles is traversed using list_for_each_entry_rcu
> > outside an RCU read-side critical section but under the protection
> > of knav_dev_lock.
> > 
> > Hence, add corresponding lockdep expression to silence false-positive
> > lockdep warnings, and harden RCU lists.
> > 
> > Add macro for the corresponding lockdep expression.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Amol Grover <frextrite@...il.com>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - Remove rcu_read_lock_held() from lockdep expression since it is
> >    implicitly checked for.
> > 
> Looks fine to me.
> 
> Hi Olof, Arnd,
> Can you please pick this one and apply to your driver-soc branch ?
> I already sent out pull request and hence the request.

Hi,

Can you please email the whole patch with sign-off to
soc@...nel.org? Otherwise it won't end up in patchwork, which is how we track
patches and pull requests these days.


Thanks,

-Olof