Re: [patch] lock debugging: fix DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON() & debug_locks_silent

From: Jarek Poplawski
Date: Tue Dec 19 2006 - 03:43:17 EST


On 16-12-2006 09:04, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote:
...
> Bug-found-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/debug_locks.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Index: linux/include/linux/debug_locks.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/include/linux/debug_locks.h
> +++ linux/include/linux/debug_locks.h
> @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern int debug_locks_off(void);
> int __ret = 0; \
> \
> if (unlikely(c)) { \
> - if (debug_locks_silent || debug_locks_off()) \
> + if (!debug_locks_silent && debug_locks_off()) \
> WARN_ON(1); \
> __ret = 1; \
> } \

I wonder why doing debug_locks_off depends here on
debug_lock_silent state which is only "esthetical"
flag. And debug_locks_off() takes into consideration
debug_lock_silent after all. So IMHO:

if (unlikely(c)) { \
if (debug_locks_off()) \
WARN_ON(1); \
__ret = 1; \
} \

Jarek P.
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