Re: [PATCH] lockdep: add a hint for "INFO: trying to register non-static key." message

[Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>]

On 3/21/21 2:49 AM, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Since this message is printed when dynamically allocated spinlocks (e.g.
> kzalloc()) are used without initialization (e.g. spin_lock_init()),
> suggest developers to check whether initialization functions for objects
> are called, before making developers wonder what annotation is missing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> ---
>   kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> index c6d0c1dc6253..44c549f5c061 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> @@ -931,6 +931,7 @@ static bool assign_lock_key(struct lockdep_map *lock)
>   		debug_locks_off();
>   		pr_err("INFO: trying to register non-static key.\n");
>   		pr_err("the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.\n");
> +		pr_err("maybe you didn't initialize this object before you use?\n");
>   		pr_err("turning off the locking correctness validator.\n");
>   		dump_stack();
>   		return false;

The only way this message is written is when the appropriate lock init 
function isn't called for locks in dynamically allocated objects. I 
think you can just say so without the word "maybe". Like "the code is 
fine but needs lockdep annotation by calling appropriate lock 
initialization function.".

Cheers,
Longman