On 2018-05-24 10:58:44 [+0800], Jason Yan wrote: > I think it's fine to delete this irq save code. As for the "TODO" > comment, I think we can add: > > BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled()); > > or > > WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled()); no, please don't do this. Please add instead lockdep_assert_held() on the lock in question and let lockdep to its work. Lockdep has way better coverage than your irqs_disabled() check which also breaks RT. > and then delete the "TODO" comment. Sebastian