In current code loop_add() is called from loop_probe(),
loop_control_ioctl(), and loop_init(). Each of these functions hold
global mutex lock loop_ctrl_mutex with two variants mutex_lock() and
mutex_lock_killable().
Add lockdep_asset_lock_held() in loop_add() to make sure it will
generate an appropriate error message in case of misuse.
Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <redacted>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 578fc034db3f..3bfdcabaf6b1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -2081,6 +2081,8 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
struct gendisk *disk;
int err;
+ lockdep_assert_held(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+
err = -ENOMEM;
lo = kzalloc(sizeof(*lo), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!lo)
--
2.22.1