lockdep: Comment all warnings

Andrew requested I comment all the lockdep WARN()s to help other people
figure out wth is wrong..

Requested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1315301493.3191.9.camel@twins
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 147 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 91d67ce..c081fa9 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -96,8 +96,13 @@ static int graph_lock(void)
 
 static inline int graph_unlock(void)
 {
-	if (debug_locks && !arch_spin_is_locked(&lockdep_lock))
+	if (debug_locks && !arch_spin_is_locked(&lockdep_lock)) {
+		/*
+		 * The lockdep graph lock isn't locked while we expect it to
+		 * be, we're confused now, bye!
+		 */
 		return DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1);
+	}
 
 	current->lockdep_recursion--;
 	arch_spin_unlock(&lockdep_lock);
@@ -134,6 +139,9 @@ static struct lock_class lock_classes[MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS];
 static inline struct lock_class *hlock_class(struct held_lock *hlock)
 {
 	if (!hlock->class_idx) {
+		/*
+		 * Someone passed in garbage, we give up.
+		 */
 		DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -687,6 +695,10 @@ look_up_lock_class(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass)
 	 */
 	list_for_each_entry(class, hash_head, hash_entry) {
 		if (class->key == key) {
+			/*
+			 * Huh! same key, different name? Did someone trample
+			 * on some memory? We're most confused.
+			 */
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(class->name != lock->name);
 			return class;
 		}
@@ -800,6 +812,10 @@ out_unlock_set:
 	else if (subclass < NR_LOCKDEP_CACHING_CLASSES)
 		lock->class_cache[subclass] = class;
 
+	/*
+	 * Hash collision, did we smoke some? We found a class with a matching
+	 * hash but the subclass -- which is hashed in -- didn't match.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(class->subclass != subclass))
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -926,7 +942,7 @@ static inline void mark_lock_accessed(struct lock_list *lock,
 	unsigned long nr;
 
 	nr = lock - list_entries;
-	WARN_ON(nr >= nr_list_entries);
+	WARN_ON(nr >= nr_list_entries); /* Out-of-bounds, input fail */
 	lock->parent = parent;
 	lock->class->dep_gen_id = lockdep_dependency_gen_id;
 }
@@ -936,7 +952,7 @@ static inline unsigned long lock_accessed(struct lock_list *lock)
 	unsigned long nr;
 
 	nr = lock - list_entries;
-	WARN_ON(nr >= nr_list_entries);
+	WARN_ON(nr >= nr_list_entries); /* Out-of-bounds, input fail */
 	return lock->class->dep_gen_id == lockdep_dependency_gen_id;
 }
 
@@ -1196,6 +1212,9 @@ static noinline int print_bfs_bug(int ret)
 	if (!debug_locks_off_graph_unlock())
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Breadth-first-search failed, graph got corrupted?
+	 */
 	WARN(1, "lockdep bfs error:%d\n", ret);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1944,6 +1963,11 @@ out_bug:
 	if (!debug_locks_off_graph_unlock())
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Clearly we all shouldn't be here, but since we made it we
+	 * can reliable say we messed up our state. See the above two
+	 * gotos for reasons why we could possibly end up here.
+	 */
 	WARN_ON(1);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1975,6 +1999,11 @@ static inline int lookup_chain_cache(struct task_struct *curr,
 	struct held_lock *hlock_curr, *hlock_next;
 	int i, j;
 
+	/*
+	 * We might need to take the graph lock, ensure we've got IRQs
+	 * disabled to make this an IRQ-safe lock.. for recursion reasons
+	 * lockdep won't complain about its own locking errors.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
 		return 0;
 	/*
@@ -2126,6 +2155,10 @@ static void check_chain_key(struct task_struct *curr)
 		hlock = curr->held_locks + i;
 		if (chain_key != hlock->prev_chain_key) {
 			debug_locks_off();
+			/*
+			 * We got mighty confused, our chain keys don't match
+			 * with what we expect, someone trample on our task state?
+			 */
 			WARN(1, "hm#1, depth: %u [%u], %016Lx != %016Lx\n",
 				curr->lockdep_depth, i,
 				(unsigned long long)chain_key,
@@ -2133,6 +2166,9 @@ static void check_chain_key(struct task_struct *curr)
 			return;
 		}
 		id = hlock->class_idx - 1;
+		/*
+		 * Whoops ran out of static storage again?
+		 */
 		if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(id >= MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS))
 			return;
 
@@ -2144,6 +2180,10 @@ static void check_chain_key(struct task_struct *curr)
 	}
 	if (chain_key != curr->curr_chain_key) {
 		debug_locks_off();
+		/*
+		 * More smoking hash instead of calculating it, damn see these
+		 * numbers float.. I bet that a pink elephant stepped on my memory.
+		 */
 		WARN(1, "hm#2, depth: %u [%u], %016Lx != %016Lx\n",
 			curr->lockdep_depth, i,
 			(unsigned long long)chain_key,
@@ -2525,12 +2565,24 @@ void trace_hardirqs_on_caller(unsigned long ip)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We're enabling irqs and according to our state above irqs weren't
+	 * already enabled, yet we find the hardware thinks they are in fact
+	 * enabled.. someone messed up their IRQ state tracing.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * See the fine text that goes along with this variable definition.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(unlikely(early_boot_irqs_disabled)))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Can't allow enabling interrupts while in an interrupt handler,
+	 * that's general bad form and such. Recursion, limited stack etc..
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(current->hardirq_context))
 		return;
 
@@ -2558,6 +2610,10 @@ void trace_hardirqs_off_caller(unsigned long ip)
 	if (unlikely(!debug_locks || current->lockdep_recursion))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * So we're supposed to get called after you mask local IRQs, but for
+	 * some reason the hardware doesn't quite think you did a proper job.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
 		return;
 
@@ -2590,6 +2646,10 @@ void trace_softirqs_on(unsigned long ip)
 	if (unlikely(!debug_locks || current->lockdep_recursion))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * We fancy IRQs being disabled here, see softirq.c, avoids
+	 * funny state and nesting things.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
 		return;
 
@@ -2626,6 +2686,9 @@ void trace_softirqs_off(unsigned long ip)
 	if (unlikely(!debug_locks || current->lockdep_recursion))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * We fancy IRQs being disabled here, see softirq.c
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
 		return;
 
@@ -2637,6 +2700,9 @@ void trace_softirqs_off(unsigned long ip)
 		curr->softirq_disable_ip = ip;
 		curr->softirq_disable_event = ++curr->irq_events;
 		debug_atomic_inc(softirqs_off_events);
+		/*
+		 * Whoops, we wanted softirqs off, so why aren't they?
+		 */
 		DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!softirq_count());
 	} else
 		debug_atomic_inc(redundant_softirqs_off);
@@ -2661,6 +2727,9 @@ static void __lockdep_trace_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned long flags)
 	if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * Oi! Can't be having __GFP_FS allocations with IRQs disabled.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(irqs_disabled_flags(flags)))
 		return;
 
@@ -2773,13 +2842,13 @@ static int separate_irq_context(struct task_struct *curr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#else
+#else /* defined(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS) && defined(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) */
 
 static inline
 int mark_lock_irq(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *this,
 		enum lock_usage_bit new_bit)
 {
-	WARN_ON(1);
+	WARN_ON(1); /* Impossible innit? when we don't have TRACE_IRQFLAG */
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -2799,7 +2868,7 @@ void lockdep_trace_alloc(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 }
 
-#endif
+#endif /* defined(CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS) && defined(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) */
 
 /*
  * Mark a lock with a usage bit, and validate the state transition:
@@ -2880,6 +2949,9 @@ void lockdep_init_map(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 	lock->cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * Can't be having no nameless bastards around this place!
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!name)) {
 		lock->name = "NULL";
 		return;
@@ -2887,6 +2959,9 @@ void lockdep_init_map(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 
 	lock->name = name;
 
+	/*
+	 * No key, no joy, we need to hash something.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!key))
 		return;
 	/*
@@ -2894,6 +2969,9 @@ void lockdep_init_map(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 	 */
 	if (!static_obj(key)) {
 		printk("BUG: key %p not in .data!\n", key);
+		/*
+		 * What it says above ^^^^^, I suggest you read it.
+		 */
 		DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -2932,6 +3010,11 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
 	if (unlikely(!debug_locks))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Lockdep should run with IRQs disabled, otherwise we could
+	 * get an interrupt which would want to take locks, which would
+	 * end up in lockdep and have you got a head-ache already?
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2963,6 +3046,9 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
 	 * dependency checks are done)
 	 */
 	depth = curr->lockdep_depth;
+	/*
+	 * Ran out of static storage for our per-task lock stack again have we?
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(depth >= MAX_LOCK_DEPTH))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -2981,6 +3067,10 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
 	}
 
 	hlock = curr->held_locks + depth;
+	/*
+	 * Plain impossible, we just registered it and checked it weren't no
+	 * NULL like.. I bet this mushroom I ate was good!
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!class))
 		return 0;
 	hlock->class_idx = class_idx;
@@ -3015,11 +3105,17 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
 	 * the hash, not class->key.
 	 */
 	id = class - lock_classes;
+	/*
+	 * Whoops, we did it again.. ran straight out of our static allocation.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(id >= MAX_LOCKDEP_KEYS))
 		return 0;
 
 	chain_key = curr->curr_chain_key;
 	if (!depth) {
+		/*
+		 * How can we have a chain hash when we ain't got no keys?!
+		 */
 		if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(chain_key != 0))
 			return 0;
 		chain_head = 1;
@@ -3091,6 +3187,9 @@ static int check_unlock(struct task_struct *curr, struct lockdep_map *lock,
 {
 	if (unlikely(!debug_locks))
 		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * Lockdep should run with IRQs disabled, recursion, head-ache, etc..
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -3120,6 +3219,11 @@ static int match_held_lock(struct held_lock *hlock, struct lockdep_map *lock)
 		if (!class)
 			return 0;
 
+		/*
+		 * References, but not a lock we're actually ref-counting?
+		 * State got messed up, follow the sites that change ->references
+		 * and try to make sense of it.
+		 */
 		if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!hlock->nest_lock))
 			return 0;
 
@@ -3142,6 +3246,10 @@ __lock_set_class(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 	int i;
 
 	depth = curr->lockdep_depth;
+	/*
+	 * This function is about (re)setting the class of a held lock,
+	 * yet we're not actually holding any locks. Naughty user!
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!depth))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -3177,6 +3285,10 @@ found_it:
 			return 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * I took it apart and put it back together again, except now I have
+	 * these 'spare' parts.. where shall I put them.
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(curr->lockdep_depth != depth))
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
@@ -3201,6 +3313,10 @@ lock_release_non_nested(struct task_struct *curr,
 	 * of held locks:
 	 */
 	depth = curr->lockdep_depth;
+	/*
+	 * So we're all set to release this lock.. wait what lock? We don't
+	 * own any locks, you've been drinking again?
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!depth))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -3253,6 +3369,10 @@ found_it:
 			return 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * We had N bottles of beer on the wall, we drank one, but now
+	 * there's not N-1 bottles of beer left on the wall...
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(curr->lockdep_depth != depth - 1))
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
@@ -3283,6 +3403,9 @@ static int lock_release_nested(struct task_struct *curr,
 		return lock_release_non_nested(curr, lock, ip);
 	curr->lockdep_depth--;
 
+	/*
+	 * No more locks, but somehow we've got hash left over, who left it?
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!depth && (hlock->prev_chain_key != 0)))
 		return 0;
 
@@ -3365,10 +3488,13 @@ static void check_flags(unsigned long flags)
 	 * check if not in hardirq contexts:
 	 */
 	if (!hardirq_count()) {
-		if (softirq_count())
+		if (softirq_count()) {
+			/* like the above, but with softirqs */
 			DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(current->softirqs_enabled);
-		else
+		} else {
+			/* lick the above, does it taste good? */
 			DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!current->softirqs_enabled);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!debug_locks)
@@ -3506,6 +3632,10 @@ __lock_contended(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned long ip)
 	int i, contention_point, contending_point;
 
 	depth = curr->lockdep_depth;
+	/*
+	 * Whee, we contended on this lock, except it seems we're not
+	 * actually trying to acquire anything much at all..
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!depth))
 		return;
 
@@ -3555,6 +3685,10 @@ __lock_acquired(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned long ip)
 	int i, cpu;
 
 	depth = curr->lockdep_depth;
+	/*
+	 * Yay, we acquired ownership of this lock we didn't try to
+	 * acquire, how the heck did that happen?
+	 */
 	if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!depth))
 		return;
 
@@ -3759,8 +3893,12 @@ void lockdep_reset_lock(struct lockdep_map *lock)
 				match |= class == lock->class_cache[j];
 
 			if (unlikely(match)) {
-				if (debug_locks_off_graph_unlock())
+				if (debug_locks_off_graph_unlock()) {
+					/*
+					 * We all just reset everything, how did it match?
+					 */
 					WARN_ON(1);
+				}
 				goto out_restore;
 			}
 		}