Re: [PATCH v1 3/5] mm, uaccess: trigger might_sleep() in might_fault() when pagefaults are disabled

[Heiko Carstens]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 12:18:07PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> -void might_fault(void)
> +void __might_fault(const char *file, int line)
>  {
>  	/*
>  	 * Some code (nfs/sunrpc) uses socket ops on kernel memory while
> @@ -3710,21 +3710,16 @@ void might_fault(void)
>  	 */
>  	if (segment_eq(get_fs(), KERNEL_DS))
>  		return;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * it would be nicer only to annotate paths which are not under
> -	 * pagefault_disable, however that requires a larger audit and
> -	 * providing helpers like get_user_atomic.
> -	 */
> -	if (in_atomic())
> +	if (unlikely(!pagefault_disabled())) {
> +		__might_sleep(file, line, 0);
>  		return;
> -
> -	__might_sleep(__FILE__, __LINE__, 0);
> -
> +	}

This should be likely() instead of unlikely(), no?
I'd rather write this

	if (pagefault_disabled())
 		return;
	__might_sleep(file, line, 0);

and leave the likely stuff completely away.

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