linux-kernel - what is spinlock depth

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Message-ID: <AANLkTik4WQreo35jGLMQA16u+R-Ed036B3okrrx2nBGy@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:27:08 -0500
From:	Sri Ram Vemulpali <sri.ram.gmu06@...il.com>
To:	Kernel-newbies <kernelnewbies@...linux.org>,
	linux-kernel-mail <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: what is spinlock depth

Hi all,

I am reading spinlock code and looking at struct raw_spinlock. I found
struct lockdep_map as member.
which is defined as

struct lockdep_map {
       struct lock_class_key           *key;
       struct lock_class               *class_cache[NR_LOCKDEP_CACHING_CLASSES];
       const char                      *name;
#ifdef CONFIG_LOCK_STAT
       int                             cpu;
      unsigned long                   ip;
#endif
};

Can anyone help me explain, how this struct helps the spinlock. Why do
we need lockdepth.
Thanks for help in advance.
-- 
Regards,
Sri.
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