linux-kernel - Re: pstore: change mutex locking to spin

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Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:37:51 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: pstore: change mutex locking to spin_locks

On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 08:58 -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
> Probably the raw_spin_* stuff.  I think those purposely avoid the lockdep
> mechanisms. 

Nope, raw_spin_* is covered by lockdep just fine. Also anything
purposely avoiding lockdep is bound to be a piece of crap :-)

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