Re: [PATCH 1/3] dcache: add a new enum type for 'dentry_d_lock_class'

yukuai (C)
2019-11-15T10:02:18Z

On 2019/11/15 11:27, Greg KH wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:27:50AM +0800, yu kuai wrote:
>> 'dentry_d_lock_class' can be used for spin_lock_nested in case lockdep
>> confused about two different dentry take the 'd_lock'.
>>
>> However, a single 'DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED' may not be enough if more than
>> two dentry are involed. So, and in 'DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED_2'
>>
>> Signed-off-by: yu kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
>> ---
>> include/linux/dcache.h | 3 ++-
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/dcache.h b/include/linux/dcache.h
>> index 10090f1..8eb84ef 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/dcache.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/dcache.h
>> @@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ struct dentry {
>> enum dentry_d_lock_class
>> {
>> DENTRY_D_LOCK_NORMAL, /* implicitly used by plain spin_lock() APIs. */
>> - DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED
>> + DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED,
>> + DENTRY_D_LOCK_NESTED_2
>
> You should document this, as "_2" does not make much sense to anyone
> only looking at the code :(
>
> Or rename it better.
>
Thank you for your advise, I'll try to rename it better with comments.

Yu Kuai
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
> .
>