linux-kernel - Re: lockdep warning during elevator

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Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:58:30 +0100
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: lockdep warning during elevator_switch

On Sun, Jan 31 2010, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> From 2.6.33-rc3 onwards, PROVE_LOCKING=y gives me the warning below when
> I "echo deadline >/sys/block/sdb/queue/scheduler" to change it from cfq.
> 
> Backing out 846f99749ab68bbc7f75c74fec305de675b1a1bf "sysfs: Add lockdep
> annotations for the sysfs active reference" stops the warning -
> but I realize that doesn't mean the actual problem (if any) is fixed.

Thanks Hugh, I hadn't noticed this yet. I do online switches all the
time, but depending on tests lockdep may not be enabled (it steals all
my performance...). I'll take a look.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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