linux-kernel - Re: mm: use mmap_assert_write_locked() instead of open coding it

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Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:36:39 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Rolf Eike Beer <eb@...ix.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mm: use mmap_assert_write_locked() instead of open coding it

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 10:24:51AM +0200, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> In case the lock is actually not held at this point this also avoids a
> stale lock reference if built with NDEBUG.

The change looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

But I don't think NDEBUG is a thing in the kernel.