netdev - RE: [PATCH 05/16] igbvf: Replace spin_is

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Message-ID: <309B89C4C689E141A5FF6A0C5FB2118B9657ABF9@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:   Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:11:37 +0000
From:   "Brown, Aaron F" <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
To:     Lance Roy <ldr709@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 05/16] igbvf: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdep

> From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-
> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Lance Roy
> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 10:39 PM
> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>; Lance Roy
> <ldr709@...il.com>; Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>; David
> S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH 05/16] igbvf: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdep
> 
> lockdep_assert_held() is better suited to checking locking requirements,
> since it won't get confused when someone else holds the lock. This is
> also a step towards possibly removing spin_is_locked().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lance Roy <ldr709@...il.com>
> Cc: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
> Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/mbx.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>