[PATCH 06/10] tty: annotate tty_write_lock

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Sat May 15 2010 - 17:02:12 EST


atomic_write_lock never nests below BTM, so
there are no lock order problems between the
two.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/tty_io.c | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index d51993b..36aecba 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -912,6 +912,11 @@ void tty_write_unlock(struct tty_struct *tty)

int tty_write_lock(struct tty_struct *tty, int ndelay)
{
+ /*
+ * code inspection has shown that this is never called
+ * with the BTM held. Make sure this stays that way.
+ */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(tty_locked());
if (!mutex_trylock(&tty->atomic_write_lock)) {
if (ndelay)
return -EAGAIN;
--
1.7.0.4

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