4 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index cf507a7d200c..4c5be85016b6 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev)
         kobject_init(&dev->kobj, &device_ktype);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->dma_pools);
         mutex_init(&dev->mutex);
+        lockdep_set_novalidate_class(&dev->mutex);
         spin_lock_init(&dev->devres_lock);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->devres_head);
         device_pm_init(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
index a03977a96d7e..06aed8305bf3 100644
--- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct lock_class_key {
         struct lockdep_subclass_key     subkeys[MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES];
 };
 
+extern struct lock_class_key __lockdep_no_validate__;
+
 #define LOCKSTAT_POINTS         4
 
 /*
@@ -270,6 +272,9 @@ extern void lockdep_init_map(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 #define lockdep_set_subclass(lock, sub) \
                 lockdep_init_map(&(lock)->dep_map, #lock, \
                                  (lock)->dep_map.key, sub)
+
+#define lockdep_set_novalidate_class(lock) \
+        lockdep_set_class(lock, &__lockdep_no_validate__)
 /*
  * Compare locking classes
  */
@@ -354,6 +359,9 @@ static inline void lockdep_on(void)
 #define lockdep_set_class_and_subclass(lock, key, sub) \
                 do { (void)(key); } while (0)
 #define lockdep_set_subclass(lock, sub)         do { } while (0)
+
+#define lockdep_set_novalidate_class(lock) do { } while (0)
+
 /*
  * We don't define lockdep_match_class() and lockdep_match_key() for !LOCKDEP
  * case since the result is not well defined and the caller should rather
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index ec21304856d1..54286798c37b 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -2711,6 +2711,8 @@ void lockdep_init_map(struct lockdep_map *lock, const char *name,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lockdep_init_map);
 
+struct lock_class_key __lockdep_no_validate__;
+
 /*
  * This gets called for every mutex_lock*()/spin_lock*() operation.
  * We maintain the dependency maps and validate the locking attempt:
@@ -2745,6 +2747,9 @@ static int __lock_acquire(struct lockdep_map *lock, unsigned int subclass,
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        if (lock->key == &__lockdep_no_validate__)
+                check = 1;
+
         if (!subclass)
                 class = lock->class_cache;
         /*
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a4d74344d805..f2bbea900700 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2656,6 +2656,7 @@ sub process {
 # check for semaphores used as mutexes
                 if ($line =~ /^.\s*init_MUTEX_LOCKED\s*\(/) {
                         WARN("consider using a completion\n" . $herecurr);
+
                 }
 # recommend strict_strto* over simple_strto*
                 if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) {
@@ -2740,6 +2741,16 @@ sub process {
                                 WARN("use of in_atomic() is incorrect outside core kernel code\n" . $herecurr);
                         }
                 }
+
+# check for lockdep_set_novalidate_class
+                if ($line =~ /^.\s*lockdep_set_novalidate_class\s*\(/ ||
+                    $line =~ /__lockdep_no_validate__\s*\)/ ) {
+                        if ($realfile !~ m@^kernel/lockdep@ &&
+                            $realfile !~ m@^include/linux/lockdep@ &&
+                            $realfile !~ m@^drivers/base/core@) {
+                                ERROR("lockdep_no_validate class is reserved for device->mutex.\n" . $herecurr);
+                        }
+                }
         }
 
         # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on