Re: [PATCH 12/16] locking/mutex: Replace spin_is_locked() with lockdep

[Will Deacon]

On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 10:38:58PM -0700, Lance Roy wrote:
> lockdep_assert_held() is better suited to checking locking requirements,
> since it won't get confused when someone else holds the lock. This is
> also a step towards possibly removing spin_is_locked().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lance Roy <ldr709@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c b/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
> index 9aa713629387..771d4ca96dda 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/mutex-debug.c
> @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ void debug_mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, struct mutex_waiter *waiter)
>  
>  void debug_mutex_wake_waiter(struct mutex *lock, struct mutex_waiter *waiter)
>  {
> -	SMP_DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&lock->wait_lock));
> +	lockdep_assert_held(&lock->wait_lock);
>  	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(list_empty(&lock->wait_list));
>  	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(waiter->magic != waiter);
>  	DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(list_empty(&waiter->list));
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void debug_mutex_free_waiter(struct mutex_waiter *waiter)
>  void debug_mutex_add_waiter(struct mutex *lock, struct mutex_waiter *waiter,
>  			    struct task_struct *task)
>  {
> -	SMP_DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&lock->wait_lock));
> +	lockdep_assert_held(&lock->wait_lock);

I think it's a good idea to replace debug usage of spin_is_locked() with
calls to lockdep, but I wonder whether that means that DEBUG_MUTEXES should
select LOCKDEP so that we don't lose coverage?

What do you think?

Will