netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sock: make lockdep_sock_is

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Message-ID: <1460070528.6473.425.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:08:48 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sock: make lockdep_sock_is_held static inline

On Fri, 2016-04-08 at 00:47 +0200, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:

> I see... hmpf.
> 
> Wouldn't it be nicer if I include a helper a la:
> 
> #define lockdep_is_held(lock)  1
> 
> in lockdep.h in case lockdep is globally not enabled? I do actually have 
> already another user for this outside of PROVE_RCU.

It probably had been discussed on lkml a long time ago.

My guess is that you can not do that, but am too lazy to tell you why ;)