Re: [PATCH 2/2] workqueue: debug work related deadlocks with lockdep

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>]

On 07/05, Johannes Berg wrote:
>
> +#define __WORK_INIT_LOCKDEP_MAP(n, k) \
> +	.lockdep_map = STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT(n, k),
> +#else
> +#define __WORK_INIT_LOCKDEP_MAP(n, k)
> +#endif
> +
>  #define __WORK_INITIALIZER(n, f) {				\
>  	.data = WORK_DATA_INIT(),				\
>  	.entry	= { &(n).entry, &(n).entry },			\
>  	.func = (f),						\
> +	__WORK_INIT_LOCKDEP_MAP(#n, &(n))			\

[...snip...]

> +#define STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT(_name, _key) \
> +	{ .name = (_name), .key = (void *)(_key), }

Hmm... Can't understand, please help!

So, __WORK_INITIALIZER() uses work_struct itself as a "struct lock_class_key" ?
How so?

Oleg.

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