linux-kernel - Re: chain_key collision with 4.7.0-rec2+

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:02:20 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: chain_key collision with 4.7.0-rec2+

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 07:22:38AM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> On 6/21/16 7:13 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >But if you're really annoyed by it all, disable DEBUG_LOCKDEP for a
> >while and rest assured that its not more broken than it was before --
> >just louder :-)
> >
> 
> Not really an option if I want to make sure I am not adding locking issues
> and the habit of ignoring splats defeats the purpose of enabling the lock
> debugging. So hopefully you come up with a better answer.
> 

DEBUG_LOCKDEP is lockdep debugging, disabling that does not disable
lockdep itself. Just a 'few' internal consistency checks.