[tip:locking/core] locking/lockdep: Update comment

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Commit-ID:  31a490e5c54f5499aa744f8524611e2a4b19f8ba
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/31a490e5c54f5499aa744f8524611e2a4b19f8ba
Author:     Yuyang Du <duyuyang@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 6 May 2019 16:19:27 +0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 11:55:44 +0200

locking/lockdep: Update comment

A leftover comment is removed. While at it, add more explanatory
comments. Such a trivial patch!

Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <duyuyang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: bvanassche@xxxxxxx
Cc: frederic@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: will.deacon@xxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190506081939.74287-12-duyuyang@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 6cf14c84eb6d..a9799f9ed093 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -2811,10 +2811,16 @@ static int validate_chain(struct task_struct *curr,
 		 * - is softirq-safe, if this lock is hardirq-unsafe
 		 *
 		 * And check whether the new lock's dependency graph
-		 * could lead back to the previous lock.
+		 * could lead back to the previous lock:
 		 *
-		 * any of these scenarios could lead to a deadlock. If
-		 * All validations
+		 * - within the current held-lock stack
+		 * - across our accumulated lock dependency records
+		 *
+		 * any of these scenarios could lead to a deadlock.
+		 */
+		/*
+		 * The simple case: does the current hold the same lock
+		 * already?
 		 */
 		int ret = check_deadlock(curr, hlock, hlock->read);
 



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