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SubjectRe: Sparse fix for scsi_request_fn


On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
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> Introduce new __holds() macro to tell sparse it's OK to drop and then
> reacquire a lock within a function. Use it in scsi_request_fn.

Umm. This is why we write things like

static void double_lock_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq *busiest)
__releases(this_rq->lock)
__acquires(busiest->lock)
__acquires(this_rq->lock)
{
...

ie your "__holds()" is nothing new, and should be written as
a pair of __releases(x) and __acquires(x), which is more readable anyway
(since it actually says what the function does!)

Linus
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