linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-git21, possible recursive locking in kseriod ends up in DWARF2 unwinder stuck

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Date:	Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:22:17 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
cc:	Alessandro Suardi <alessandro.suardi@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-git21, possible recursive locking in kseriod ends up in
 DWARF2 unwinder stuck

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> I tested the patches and they work. Couple of comments:
> - register_lock_class is marked as inline but now has 2 call sites and
> is relatively big - might want to remove "inline"

I agree.

> - how about adding lockdep_set_subclass() to avoid littering source
> with struct lock_class_key when we only want to tweak subclass? For
> that we might want export register_lock_class and hide it behind a
> #define...

I added Ingo to CC so that he could comment.

However I would not be able to submit patches which will be tested, as the 
only machine I had with passthrough synpatics port broke horribly and is 
currently in the warranty repair.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
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