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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 08:26:58 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add in_softirq() debug checking in
napi_consume_skb()
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:57:57 +0100 Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 07:43:48AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>
> > TBH the last sentence I wrote isn't clear even to me at this point ;D
> >
> > Maybe using just the macros from preempt.h - like this?
> >
> > #define lockdep_assert_in_softirq() \
> > do { \
> > WARN_ON_ONCE(__lockdep_enabled && \
> > (!in_softirq() || in_irq() || in_nmi()) \
> > } while (0)
> >
> > We know what we're doing so in_softirq() should be fine (famous last
> > words).
>
> So that's not actually using any lockdep state. But if that's what you
> need, I don't have any real complaints.
Great, thanks!
The motivation was to piggy back on lockdep rather than adding a
one-off Kconfig knob for a check in the fast path in networking.
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