linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] klist: implement KLIST_INIT() and DEFINE

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Message-ID: <480DE3B3.6050702@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:10:11 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, oliver@...kum.org,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, zaitcev@...hat.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] klist: implement KLIST_INIT() and DEFINE_KLIST()

Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> These locks don't nest so being in the same class should be okay and I 
>> was following what (at least some of) other __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED users 
>> are doing.  If putting these locks into separate classes is the RTTD, sure.
> 
> Ah, they'll actually be in seprate classes all of the same name. So I
> think it is cleaner to cause them to have separate names too.
> 
> see look_up_lock_class() in kernel/lockdep.c:
> 
>         /*
>          * Static locks do not have their class-keys yet - for them the key
>          * is the lock object itself:
>          */
>         if (unlikely(!lock->key))
>                 lock->key = (void *)lock;

Ah.. I'll put change it to name.  Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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