On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:23:06PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Two comments below. > > Patrick Uiterwijk <patr...@puiterwijk.org> writes: > > > +static int mv88e6xxx_power_on_serdes(struct dsa_switch *ds) > > Since this function assumes the SMI lock is already held, its name > should be prefixed with _ by convention (_mv88e6xxx_power_on_serdes).
We decided to drop at, since nearly everything would end up with a _ prefix. The assert_smi_lock() should find any missing locks, and lockdep/deadlocks will make it clear when the lock is taken twice. Andrew