---

yaml
---
r: 196043
b: refs/heads/master
c: 1704f47
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  196041: 3b47580
  196039: 68d5159
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 3142788b7967ccfd2f1813ee9e11aeb1e1cf7de2
+refs/heads/master: 1704f47b50b5d9e1b825e43e1baaf2c5897baf03

trunk/drivers/base/core.c

@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev)
 	kobject_init(&dev->kobj, &device_ktype);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dma_pools);
 	mutex_init(&dev->mutex);
+	lockdep_set_novalidate_class(&dev->mutex);
 	spin_lock_init(&dev->devres_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->devres_head);
 	device_pm_init(dev);

trunk/include/linux/lockdep.h

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct lock_class_key {
 	struct lockdep_subclass_key	subkeys[MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES];
 };
 
+extern struct lock_class_key __lockdep_no_validate__;
+
 #define LOCKSTAT_POINTS		4
 
 /*
@@ -270,6 +272,9 @@ extern void lockdep_init_map(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 #define lockdep_set_subclass(lock, sub)	\
 		lockdep_init_map(&(lock)->dep_map, #lock, \
 				 (lock)->dep_map.key, sub)
+
+#define lockdep_set_novalidate_class(lock) \
+	lockdep_set_class(lock, &__lockdep_no_validate__)
 /*
  * Compare locking classes
  */
@@ -354,6 +359,9 @@ static inline void lockdep_on(void)
 #define lockdep_set_class_and_subclass(lock, key, sub) \
 		do { (void)(key); } while (0)
 #define lockdep_set_subclass(lock, sub)		do { } while (0)
+
+#define lockdep_set_novalidate_class(lock) do { } while (0)
+
 /*
  * We don't define lockdep_match_class() and lockdep_match_key() for !LOCKDEP
  * case since the result is not well defined and the caller should rather

trunk/kernel/lockdep.c

@@ -2711,6 +2711,8 @@ void lockdep_init_map(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lockdep_init_map);
 
+struct lock_class_key __lockdep_no_validate__;
+
 /*
  * This gets called for every mutex_lock*()/spin_lock*() operation.
  * We maintain the dependency maps and validate the locking attempt:
@@ -2745,6 +2747,9 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (lock->key == &__lockdep_no_validate__)
+		check = 1;
+
 	if (!subclass)
 		class = lock->class_cache;
 	/*

trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -2656,6 +2656,7 @@ sub process {
 # check for semaphores used as mutexes
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*init_MUTEX_LOCKED\s*\(/) {
 			WARN("consider using a completion\n" . $herecurr);
+
 		}
 # recommend strict_strto* over simple_strto*
 		if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) {
@@ -2740,6 +2741,16 @@ sub process {
 				WARN("use of in_atomic() is incorrect outside core kernel code\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
+
+# check for lockdep_set_novalidate_class
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*lockdep_set_novalidate_class\s*\(/ ||
+		    $line =~ /__lockdep_no_validate__\s*\)/ ) {
+			if ($realfile !~ m@^kernel/lockdep@ &&
+			    $realfile !~ m@^include/linux/lockdep@ &&
+			    $realfile !~ m@^drivers/base/core@) {
+				ERROR("lockdep_no_validate class is reserved for device->mutex.\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	# If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on