linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RCU: don't turn off lockdep when find suspicious rcu_dereference

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Message-ID: <20100427042744.GD2510@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:27:44 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, nauman@...gle.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@...fujitsu.com>,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RCU: don't turn off lockdep when find suspicious
 rcu_dereference_check() usage

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:35:10AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > Eric Dumazet traced these down to a commit from Eric Biederman.
> >
> > If I don't hear from Eric Biederman in a few days, I will attempt a
> > patch, but it would be more likely to be correct coming from someone
> > with a better understanding of the code.  ;-)
> 
> I already replied.
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/4/21/420

You did indeed!!!  This experience is giving me an even better appreciation
of the maintainers' ability to keep all their patches straight!

I will put together something based on your suggestion.

							Thanx, Paul
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