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Date:	Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:04:38 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	emil.s.tantilov@...el.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, dada1@...mosbay.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] locking, percpu counters: introduce separate lock
 classes

From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:56:50 +0100

> 
> * David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:05:36 +0100
> > 
> > > One small nit: could you please add the Reported-by line for Jeff Kirscher 
> > > who reported the problem originally:
> > > 
> > >  Reported-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> > 
> > I'll make sure to add that to the commit message after
> > you successfully test Herbert's patch.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> early indications are good: after about 15 random bootup tests the lockdep 
> warning has not triggered. (it would trigger on every 2nd kernel before 
> that - there's a 66% chance for lockdep to be enabled in my randconfig 
> tests)

Sounds good.  I'll toss this into my net-2.6 tree, with Jeff's
reported-by and your Tested-by, and send this off to Linus
tonight.

Thanks everyone.
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