From: "Andrew Morton" <morton@nortelnetworks.com>
>
> Prevent this from ever happening again....
I would love to see a kassert() macro in the kernel, but
> +
> + KASSERT(spin_is_locked(&kernel_flag));
>
Did you actually test your patch?
from linux/include/linux/spinlock.h:
#ifndef __SMP__
#define spin_is_locked(lock) 0
#endif
you cannot use spin_is_locked() in your assert macro, you need a special
"kassert_locked()" macro :-(
--
Manfred
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