linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kthread: finer-grained lockdep/cross-release completion

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Date:   Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:42:13 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...el.com>,
        Marta Lofstedt <marta.lofstedt@...el.com>,
        Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Shaohua Li <shli@...com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kthread: finer-grained lockdep/cross-release completion

On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch> wrote:
>
> This didn't seem to have made it into -rc4. Anything needed to get it
> going?

Do you actually see the problem in -rc4?

Because we ended up removing the cross-release checking due to other
developers complaining. It seemed to need a lot more work before it
was ready.

So I suspect the patch is simply not relevant any more (even if it's
not necessarily wrong either).

                   Linus