linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add "nested" field to event of lock

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Date:	Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:50:26 +0900
From:	Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@....info.waseda.ac.jp>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, h.mitake@...il.com,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add "nested" field to event of lock_release

On 04/10/10 22:59, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
 > On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 19:41 +0900, Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
 >> State machine of perf lock requires "nested" field of lock_release(),
 >> so this patch adds it to event.
 >>
 >> Signed-off-by: Hitoshi Mitake<mitake@....info.waseda.ac.jp>
 >> Cc: Peter Zijlstra<a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
 >> Cc: Paul Mackerras<paulus@...ba.org>
 >> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo<acme@...hat.com>
 >> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker<fweisbec@...il.com>
 >
 > The nested flag only indicates if it could be nested, not if it was
 > actually nested. So no, this doesn't make any sense at all.
 >
 > (in fact, pretty much every lock_release out there has nested=1)
 >

Ah, sorry, I misunderstood.
When looked at rwlock_release(), I judged that nested is required,
because double or more read_lock() is allowed.

Thanks for your correction :)
        Hitoshi
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