Re: Lockdep false positive in sysfs

[Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>]

Hello, Alan.

On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 03:08:53PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> @@ -588,10 +591,15 @@ static ssize_t usb_dev_authorized_store(
>  	result = sscanf(buf, "%u\n", &val);
>  	if (result != 1)
>  		result = -EINVAL;
> -	else if (val == 0)
> +	else if (val == 0) {
> +		void *cookie;
> +
> +		cookie = device_start_attribute_infanticide(dev, attr, NULL);
>  		result = usb_deauthorize_device(usb_dev);
> -	else
> +		device_end_attribute_infanticide(cookie);
> +	} else {
>  		result = usb_authorize_device(usb_dev);
> +	}

I *think* it looks way too huge as lockdep workaround.  We're adding a
whole separate lookup interface for this.  If looking up afterwards is
difficult, can't we get away with adding a field in struct attribute?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun