Re: [PATCH 1/2] libsas: remove irq save in sas_ata_qc_issue()

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On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 03:38:51PM +0800, Jason Yan wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2018/5/24 15:15, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> lockdep_assert_held() cannot detect the irq state, it can only detect
> whether we have held the lock.

I think Sebastian wanted to say lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled().
 
Either way, please never ever use BUG_ON() (even WARN_ON() is
questionable as some people actually use panic_on_oops). It causes
nasty bugs at customer sites.

Byte,
	Johannes
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