Commit-ID: 31a490e5c54f5499aa744f8524611e2a4b19f8ba Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/31a490e5c54f5499aa744f8524611e2a4b19f8ba Author: Yuyang Du <duyuy...@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Mon, 6 May 2019 16:19:27 +0800 Committer: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> CommitDate: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 11:55:44 +0200
locking/lockdep: Update comment A leftover comment is removed. While at it, add more explanatory comments. Such a trivial patch! Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <duyuy...@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <pet...@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> Cc: bvanass...@acm.org Cc: frede...@kernel.org Cc: ming....@redhat.com Cc: will.dea...@arm.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190506081939.74287-12-duyuy...@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org> --- kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c index 6cf14c84eb6d..a9799f9ed093 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c @@ -2811,10 +2811,16 @@ static int validate_chain(struct task_struct *curr, * - is softirq-safe, if this lock is hardirq-unsafe * * And check whether the new lock's dependency graph - * could lead back to the previous lock. + * could lead back to the previous lock: * - * any of these scenarios could lead to a deadlock. If - * All validations + * - within the current held-lock stack + * - across our accumulated lock dependency records + * + * any of these scenarios could lead to a deadlock. + */ + /* + * The simple case: does the current hold the same lock + * already? */ int ret = check_deadlock(curr, hlock, hlock->read);
