linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Increase lockdep MAX_LOCK

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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:36:52 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
Cc:	David Chinner <dgc@....com>,
	linux-kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	xfs-oss <xfs@....sgi.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Increase lockdep MAX_LOCK_DEPTH

On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 09:33 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:

> Peter, unless there is some other reason to do so, changing xfs
> performance behavior simply to satisfy lockdep limitations* doesn't seem
> like the best plan.
> 
> I suppose one slightly flakey option would be for xfs to see whether
> lockdep is enabled and adjust cluster size based on MAX_LOCK_DEPTH... on
> the argument that lockdep is likely used in debugging kernels where
> sheer performance is less important... but, that sounds pretty flakey to me.

Agreed, that sucks too :-/

I was hoping there would be a 'nice' solution, a well, again, reality
ruins it.

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