netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: switch to lockdep_assert

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Date:   Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:58:48 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: switch to lockdep_assert_held in
 phylib

On 11/12/18 9:44 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 10:33:08PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
>> index 2e59a8419..5cb06f021 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
>> @@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ int __mdiobus_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, u32 regnum)
>>  {
>>  	int retval;
>>  
>> -	WARN_ON_ONCE(!mutex_is_locked(&bus->mdio_lock));
>> +	lockdep_assert_held_once(&bus->mdio_lock);
> 
> Hi Heiner
> 
> I don't think there is a clear right/wrong here. This is not hot path
> code. The cost for checking the lock is held is very small compared to
> the actual MDIO transaction. So i don't think we really need to
> optimise this. I do sometimes build with lockdep on, but not
> always. So it is good to know when locking is broken on normal builds.
> 
> Florian, what do you think?

lockdep_assert_held_once() also looks at debug_locks (global variable)
so it sounds like in that regard, it would be superior in that it allows
an user-configurable, general debugging facility to behave consistently
as opposed to always having opt-in debugging within the mdio_bus.c file,
but that also has a lot of value. I have to admit debugging MDIO bus
locking issues is not particularly fun, so I would probably stick with
the current code in that regard.
-- 
Florian