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Re: [PATCH 0/5] Implement bitlock map allocator

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On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 01:55:10PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> Currently, bit-based lock e.g. bit_spin_lock cannot use the lock
> correctness validator using lockdep. However, it would be useful if
> the validator supports for even bit-based lock as well.
> 
> Therefore, this patch provides interface for allocation and freeing
> lockdep_map for bit-based lock so that the bit-based lock can also use
> the lock correctness validator with the lockdep_map, allocated for each
> bit address.
> 
> This patch can be applied to any bit_spin_lock user except slab
> allocator where I am not sure if using kmalloc is safe. Anyway I chose
> two example to apply bitlock map allocator, zram and buffer head.
> And applied it and included it in this patch set.

What do you think this proposal to make bit-based lock can use lockdep?

> 
> Byungchul Park (5):
>   lockdep: Implement bitlock map allocator
>   lockdep: Apply bitlock to bit_spin_lock
>   lockdep: Apply bit_spin_lock lockdep to zram
>   fs/buffer.c: Remove trailing white space
>   lockdep: Apply bit_spin_lock lockdep to BH_Uptodate_Lock
> 
>  drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c |  10 +++
>  fs/buffer.c                   |  24 +++----
>  include/linux/bit_spinlock.h  |  57 ++++++++++++++--
>  include/linux/bitlock.h       |  20 ++++++
>  kernel/locking/Makefile       |   1 +
>  kernel/locking/bitlock_map.c  | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/Kconfig.debug             |  10 +++
>  7 files changed, 252 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/bitlock.h
>  create mode 100644 kernel/locking/bitlock_map.c
> 
> -- 
> 1.9.1

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Re: [PATCH 0/5] Implement bitlock map allocator Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> - 2016-06-29 14:50 +0200

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