From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
To: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Cc: "Miguel Ojeda" <ojeda@kernel.org>, "Gary Guo" <gary@garyguo.net>,
"Björn Roy Baron" <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>,
"Benno Lossin" <lossin@kernel.org>,
"Trevor Gross" <tmgross@umich.edu>,
"Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>,
"Tamir Duberstein" <tamird@kernel.org>,
"Boqun Feng" <boqun@kernel.org>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: xarray: fix false positive lockdep warnings
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 11:17:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiKwMKyHaZ1WqI5I@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260605-xarray-lockdep-fix-v2-1-25a5509abee3@kernel.org>
On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 11:14:29AM +0200, Andreas Hindborg wrote:
> `xa_init_flags()` is a static inline that expands `spin_lock_init()`,
> which generates a single static `lock_class_key` per compilation unit.
> When used through the Rust binding helper, every Rust `XArray`
> instance ends up sharing that single key. Lockdep then sees concurrent
> locking of distinct Rust `XArray`s as recursive locking on the same
> class and emits false-positive lock-ordering reports.
>
> Add a custom helper `xa_init_flags_with_key()` that mirrors
> `xa_init_flags()` but takes an explicit name and `struct
> lock_class_key` from the caller. Update `XArray::new` to take a name
> and a `LockClassKey`, and add a `new_xarray!` macro that uses
> `optional_name!` and `static_lock_class!` to generate a unique class
> per instantiation site.
>
> Remove the now unused `rust_helper_xa_init_flags`.
>
> This was previously part of the series at [1].
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251203-xarray-entry-send-v1-0-9e5ffd5e3cf0@kernel.org [1]
> Fixes: 210b81578efbe ("rust: xarray: Add an abstraction for XArray")
> Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
> Acked-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-05 11:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-05 9:14 [PATCH v2] rust: xarray: fix false positive lockdep warnings Andreas Hindborg
2026-06-05 11:17 ` Alice Ryhl [this message]
2026-06-05 12:09 ` Tamir Duberstein
2026-06-05 12:09 ` Tamir Duberstein
2026-06-05 12:32 ` Tamir Duberstein
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