We currently have the ability to call lockdep_assert_held to throw a warning when a spinlock isn't held in a codepath. There are also times when we'd like to throw a warning when a lock is held (i.e. when there is the potential for deadlock). Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/lockdep.h | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h index 008388f920d7..ab0cc8e224ee 100644 --- a/include/linux/lockdep.h +++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h @@ -362,6 +362,10 @@ extern void lockdep_trace_alloc(gfp_t mask); WARN_ON(debug_locks && !lockdep_is_held(l)); \ } while (0) +#define lockdep_assert_not_held(l) do { \ + WARN_ON(debug_locks && lockdep_is_held(l)); \ + } while (0) + #define lockdep_recursing(tsk) ((tsk)->lockdep_recursion) #else /* !CONFIG_LOCKDEP */ @@ -413,6 +417,8 @@ struct lock_class_key { }; #define lockdep_assert_held(l) do { (void)(l); } while (0) +#define lockdep_assert_not_held(l) do { (void)(l); } while (0) + #define lockdep_recursing(tsk) (0) #endif /* !LOCKDEP */ -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html