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authorYuyang Du2019-05-06 16:19:19 +0800
committerIngo Molnar2019-06-03 11:55:35 +0200
commitc52478f4f38ace598475413a08dba9b9fd827eaf (patch)
tree7218b89f958ba7d764a6de1f3b81b43bfa6d75bd /kernel/locking
parentc01fbbc83f42748b3ed094497933601e6c9e0a03 (diff)
locking/lockdep: Adjust lock usage bit character checks
The lock usage bit characters are defined and determined with tricks. Add some explanation to make it a bit clearer, then adjust the logic to check the usage, which optimizes the code a bit. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <duyuyang@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: bvanassche@acm.org Cc: frederic@kernel.org Cc: ming.lei@redhat.com Cc: will.deacon@arm.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190506081939.74287-4-duyuyang@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/locking')
-rw-r--r--kernel/locking/lockdep.c21
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 109b56267c8f..a033df00fd1d 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -500,15 +500,26 @@ static inline unsigned long lock_flag(enum lock_usage_bit bit)
static char get_usage_char(struct lock_class *class, enum lock_usage_bit bit)
{
+ /*
+ * The usage character defaults to '.' (i.e., irqs disabled and not in
+ * irq context), which is the safest usage category.
+ */
char c = '.';
- if (class->usage_mask & lock_flag(bit + LOCK_USAGE_DIR_MASK))
+ /*
+ * The order of the following usage checks matters, which will
+ * result in the outcome character as follows:
+ *
+ * - '+': irq is enabled and not in irq context
+ * - '-': in irq context and irq is disabled
+ * - '?': in irq context and irq is enabled
+ */
+ if (class->usage_mask & lock_flag(bit + LOCK_USAGE_DIR_MASK)) {
c = '+';
- if (class->usage_mask & lock_flag(bit)) {
- c = '-';
- if (class->usage_mask & lock_flag(bit + LOCK_USAGE_DIR_MASK))
+ if (class->usage_mask & lock_flag(bit))
c = '?';
- }
+ } else if (class->usage_mask & lock_flag(bit))
+ c = '-';
return c;
}