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[v3,07/12] block: Add a comment above queue_lockdep_assert_held()

Message ID 20170608173355.25898-8-bart.vanassche@sandisk.com (mailing list archive)
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Bart Van Assche June 8, 2017, 5:33 p.m. UTC 
Add a comment above the queue_lockdep_assert_held() macro that
explains the purpose of the q->queue_lock test.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Cc: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
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 include/linux/blkdev.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index cbc0028290e4..1e73b4df13a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -634,6 +634,13 @@  struct request_queue {
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP)	|	\
 				 (1 << QUEUE_FLAG_POLL))
 
+/*
+ * @q->queue_lock is set while a queue is being initialized. Since we know
+ * that no other threads access the queue object before @q->queue_lock has
+ * been set, it is safe to manipulate queue flags without holding the
+ * queue_lock if @q->queue_lock == NULL. See also blk_alloc_queue_node() and
+ * blk_init_allocated_queue().
+ */
 static inline void queue_lockdep_assert_held(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	if (q->queue_lock)