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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-09-22 03:23:13 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-09-22 03:23:13 -0400
commit8decf868790b48a727d7e7ca164f2bcd3c1389c0 (patch)
treeb759a5f861f842af7ea76f9011b579d06e9d5508 /kernel/lockdep.c
parent3fc72370186be2f9d4d6ef06d99e1caa5d92c564 (diff)
parentd93dc5c4478c1fd5de85a3e8aece9aad7bbae044 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of github.com:davem330/net
Conflicts: MAINTAINERS drivers/net/Kconfig drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-pci.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-trans-tx-pcie.c drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2800usb.c drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/main.c
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/lockdep.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/lockdep.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 8c24294e477..91d67ce3a8d 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -3111,7 +3111,13 @@ static int match_held_lock(struct held_lock *hlock, struct lockdep_map *lock)
if (!class)
class = look_up_lock_class(lock, 0);
- if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!class))
+ /*
+ * If look_up_lock_class() failed to find a class, we're trying
+ * to test if we hold a lock that has never yet been acquired.
+ * Clearly if the lock hasn't been acquired _ever_, we're not
+ * holding it either, so report failure.
+ */
+ if (!class)
return 0;
if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!hlock->nest_lock))