Re: [PATCH] generic-ipi: add lock context annotations

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 16:33 +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The ipi_call_[un]lock[_irq] functions grab/release a spin lock
> but were missing proper annotations. Add it.

I really have to ask why bother? Why not add some smarts to whatever
uses these annotations?

> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
> ---
>  kernel/smp.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
> index 12ed8b0..5a62f1f 100644
> --- a/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -511,21 +511,25 @@ int smp_call_function(smp_call_func_t func, void *info, int wait)
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_call_function);
>  
>  void ipi_call_lock(void)
> +	__acquires(call_function.lock)
>  {
>  	raw_spin_lock(&call_function.lock);
>  }
>  
>  void ipi_call_unlock(void)
> +	__releases(call_function.lock)
>  {
>  	raw_spin_unlock(&call_function.lock);
>  }
>  
>  void ipi_call_lock_irq(void)
> +	__acquires(call_function.lock)
>  {
>  	raw_spin_lock_irq(&call_function.lock);
>  }
>  
>  void ipi_call_unlock_irq(void)
> +	__releases(call_function.lock)
>  {
>  	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&call_function.lock);
>  }