lockdep_assert_held() is better suited to checking locking requirements, since it won't get confused when someone else holds the lock. This is also a step towards possibly removing spin_is_locked(). Signed-off-by: Lance Roy <ldr709@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/userfaultfd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c index bfa0ec69f924..a20244ff0027 100644 --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c @@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ static inline struct userfaultfd_wait_queue *find_userfault_in( wait_queue_entry_t *wq; struct userfaultfd_wait_queue *uwq; - VM_BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&wqh->lock)); + lockdep_assert_held(&wqh->lock); uwq = NULL; if (!waitqueue_active(wqh)) -- 2.19.0