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-rw-r--r--include/linux/blkdev.h7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 9a36164487d0..3e60e7a654bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -635,6 +635,13 @@ struct request_queue {
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_SAME_COMP) | \
(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_POLL))
+/*
+ * @q->queue_lock is set while a queue is being initialized. Since we know
+ * that no other threads access the queue object before @q->queue_lock has
+ * been set, it is safe to manipulate queue flags without holding the
+ * queue_lock if @q->queue_lock == NULL. See also blk_alloc_queue_node() and
+ * blk_init_allocated_queue().
+ */
static inline void queue_lockdep_assert_held(struct request_queue *q)
{
if (q->queue_lock)