Re: [PATCH 1/2] workqueue: Catch more locking problems withflush_work()

[Tejun Heo]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 08:25:57PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> @@ -2513,8 +2513,11 @@ bool flush_work(struct work_struct *work)
>  		wait_for_completion(&barr.done);
>  		destroy_work_on_stack(&barr.work);
>  		return true;
> -	} else
> +	} else {
> +		lock_map_acquire(&work->lockdep_map);
> +		lock_map_release(&work->lockdep_map);
>  		return false;

We don't have this annotation when start_flush_work() succeeds either,
right?  IOW, would lockdep trigger when an actual deadlock happens?
If not, why not add the acquire/release() before flush_work() does
anything?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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