linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] make lockdep happy with r/o bind mounts

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Message-ID: <20070924125230.0f144a84@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:52:30 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, adobriyan@...ru,
	peterz@...radead.org, Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make lockdep happy with r/o bind mounts

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:46:58 -0700
Dave Hansen <haveblue@...ibm.com> wrote:

> 
> With the r/o bind mount patches, we can have as many
> spinlocks nested as there are CPUs on the system.
> Lockdep freaks out after 8.

The patch implements the right solution for this "invent your own lock"
situation... 

Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
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