Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] lpfc: Add lockdep assertions | From | Bart Van Assche <> | Date | Thu, 17 Dec 2015 09:59:32 +0100 |
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On 12/17/2015 09:49 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote: > On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 03:22:50PM -0800, James Smart wrote: >> Johannes, >> >> Thank you for the time and effort on the patch. At this time, as it doesn't >> functionally change anything, I did not include the patch. I will consider >> it if we see additional issues it can help resolve. > > As I already said in the patch mail, I'm not sure if it is of intereset for > upstream, but can actually be quite handy to find something if it goes wrong.
I'd like to see this patch being merged upstream. lockdep_assert_held() statements are checked at runtime when using a debug kernel, which is not the case for comments that document locking conventions.
Thanks,
Bart.
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