Firstly, return 1 instead of 2 when 'prev -> next' dependency already exists. Since the value 2 is not referenced anywhere, just return 1 indicating success in this case. Secondly, return 2 instead of 1 when successfully added a lock_list entry with saving stack_trace. With that, a caller can decide whether to avoid redundant save_trace() on the caller site. Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c index eb39474..4709110 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c @@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ static inline void inc_chains(void) if (entry->class == hlock_class(next)) { if (distance == 1) entry->distance = 1; - return 2; + return 1; } } @@ -1894,9 +1894,10 @@ static inline void inc_chains(void) print_lock_name(hlock_class(next)); printk(KERN_CONT "\n"); dump_stack(); - return graph_lock(); + if (!graph_lock()) + return 0; } - return 1; + return 2; } /* -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>