Skip to content
Commit 87a30e1f authored by Dan Williams's avatar Dan Williams
Browse files

driver-core, libnvdimm: Let device subsystems add local lockdep coverage



For good reason, the standard device_lock() is marked
lockdep_set_novalidate_class() because there is simply no sane way to
describe the myriad ways the device_lock() ordered with other locks.
However, that leaves subsystems that know their own local device_lock()
ordering rules to find lock ordering mistakes manually. Instead,
introduce an optional / additional lockdep-enabled lock that a subsystem
can acquire in all the same paths that the device_lock() is acquired.

A conversion of the NFIT driver and NVDIMM subsystem to a
lockdep-validate device_lock() scheme is included. The
debug_nvdimm_lock() implementation implements the correct lock-class and
stacking order for the libnvdimm device topology hierarchy.

Yes, this is a hack, but hopefully it is a useful hack for other
subsystems device_lock() debug sessions. Quoting Greg:

    "Yeah, it feels a bit hacky but it's really up to a subsystem to mess up
     using it as much as anything else, so user beware :)

     I don't object to it if it makes things easier for you to debug."

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Acked-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarIra Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/156341210661.292348.7014034644265455704.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
parent ca6bf264
0% or .
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment