linux-kernel - Re: Q. locking order of dcache_lru

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:41:24 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q. locking order of dcache_lru_lock

On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 21:33 +0900, J. R. Okajima wrote:
> Peter Zijlstra:
> > Not really a problem, locking order is simply a tool/scheme to avoid
> > deadlocks. Since there is no deadlock potential its fine to 'violate'
> > locking order.
> 
> I see.
> Then lockdep always ignore all tyrlocks?

For tracking dependencies, yes. It does register we hold the lock when
the trylock is successful.
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