linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:59:09 +0900
From:   Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
To:     Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@...il.com>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        walken@...gle.com, boqun.feng@...il.com, kirill@...temov.name,
        Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, npiggin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:25:51PM -0500, Nilay Vaish wrote:
> On 13 September 2016 at 04:45, Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com> wrote:
> > This document describes the concept of crossrelease feature, which
> > generalizes what causes a deadlock and how can detect a deadlock.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/locking/crossrelease.txt | 785 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 785 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/locking/crossrelease.txt
> 
> Byungchul, I mostly skimmed through the document.  I suggest that we
> split this document.  The initial 1/4 of the document talks about
> lockdep's current implementation which I believe should be combined
> with the file: Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt. Tomorrow I
> would try to understand the document in detail and hopefully provide
> some useful comments.

Hello,

It was a korean traditional holliday for a week so I'm late.
And I also think 1/4 of it talks about original lockdep.

Thank you,
Byungchul

> 
> --
> Nilay