Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:54:40 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [patch v2 2/5] rtmutex: Cleanup deadlock detector debug logic |
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 15:17:35 +0200 (CEST) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> > > +static int rt_mutex_cond_detect_deadlock(struct rt_mutex_waiter *waiter, > > > + enum rtmutex_chainwalk detect) > > > +{ > > > + return debug_rt_mutex_detect_deadlock(waiter, detect); > > > +} > > > + > > > +/* > > > > I'm curious to why you created this wrapper function that adds no > > value? Why not call debug_rt_mutex_detect_deadlock() directly? > > debug_rt_mutex_detect_deadlock() smells like a magic debug feature, > while rt_mutex_cond_detect_deadlock() clearly says; It's > conditional.
Which brings up the next obvious question. Um, why not just rename debug_rt_mutex_detect_deadlock() to rt_mutex_cond_detect_deadlock()?
-- Steve
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