Re: [PATCH -next 1/6] cpuset: add assert_cpuset_lock_held helper
From: Waiman Long
Date: Wed Dec 17 2025 - 12:15:40 EST
On 12/17/25 3:49 AM, Chen Ridong wrote:
From: Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add assert_cpuset_lock_held() to allow other subsystems to verify that
cpuset_mutex is held.
Sorry, I should have added the "lockdep_" prefix when I mentioned adding
this helper function to be consistent with the others. Could you update
the patch to add that?
Thanks,
Longman
Suggested-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chen Ridong <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/cpuset.h | 2 ++
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
index a98d3330385c..af0e76d10476 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ extern void inc_dl_tasks_cs(struct task_struct *task);
extern void dec_dl_tasks_cs(struct task_struct *task);
extern void cpuset_lock(void);
extern void cpuset_unlock(void);
+extern void assert_cpuset_lock_held(void);
extern void cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked(struct task_struct *p, struct cpumask *mask);
extern void cpuset_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, struct cpumask *mask);
extern bool cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback(struct task_struct *p);
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ static inline void inc_dl_tasks_cs(struct task_struct *task) { }
static inline void dec_dl_tasks_cs(struct task_struct *task) { }
static inline void cpuset_lock(void) { }
static inline void cpuset_unlock(void) { }
+static inline void assert_cpuset_lock_held(void) { }
static inline void cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked(struct task_struct *p,
struct cpumask *mask)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index fea577b4016a..a5ad124ea1cf 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ void cpuset_unlock(void)
mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
}
+void assert_cpuset_lock_held(void)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);
+}
+
/**
* cpuset_full_lock - Acquire full protection for cpuset modification
*