Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the rcu tree

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Aug 24 2011 - 08:28:31 EST


On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 02:23:37PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> After merging the rcu tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) produced this warning:
>
> kernel/rtmutex.c: In function '__rt_mutex_slowlock':
> kernel/rtmutex.c:605:3: warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value

There actually already are parentheses around it, and the first pass
through the loop it is uninitialized at that point. But hey, that
is gcc for you! Does the patch below cure it?

> Introduced by commit 83841f021d4b ("rcu: Permit rt_mutex_unlock() with
> irqs disabled").

If it does, then I will fold into that commit.

Thanx, Paul

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Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/kernel/rtmutex.c b/kernel/rtmutex.c
index 0222e34..2548f44 100644
--- a/kernel/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/rtmutex.c
@@ -602,7 +602,8 @@ __rt_mutex_slowlock(struct rt_mutex *lock, int state,

raw_spin_unlock(&lock->wait_lock);

- if (was_disabled = irqs_disabled())
+ was_disabled = irqs_disabled();
+ if (was_disabled)
local_irq_enable();

debug_rt_mutex_print_deadlock(waiter);
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