Document the locking assumptions in functions that modify blk_mq_ctx.rq_list to make it easier for humans to verify this code. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx> Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> --- block/blk-mq.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c index b230038eba1d..4b1b2c7b4344 100644 --- a/block/blk-mq.c +++ b/block/blk-mq.c @@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ static bool blk_mq_attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq; int checked = 8; + lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->lock); + list_for_each_entry_reverse(rq, &ctx->rq_list, queuelist) { bool merged = false; @@ -1338,6 +1340,8 @@ static inline void __blk_mq_insert_req_list(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, { struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx = rq->mq_ctx; + lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->lock); + trace_block_rq_insert(hctx->queue, rq); if (at_head) @@ -1351,6 +1355,8 @@ void __blk_mq_insert_request(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx, struct request *rq, { struct blk_mq_ctx *ctx = rq->mq_ctx; + lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->lock); + __blk_mq_insert_req_list(hctx, rq, at_head); blk_mq_hctx_mark_pending(hctx, ctx); } -- 2.12.2