linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] lockdep: Print a nice description of an irq locking issue

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Date:	Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:21:31 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] lockdep: Print a nice description of an irq locking
 issue


* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> After having to explain lockdep interrupt locking inversions a few
> times, I decided to have lockdep spit out the scenario that it is
> complaining about.

Looks very useful!

Would you be interested in extending this to other lockdep splats as well? 

"What does this mean" is a very common reaction to lockdep splats on lkml, and 
it's kind of silly that lockdep does not explain things better (like your patch 
does) - it has already done the much harder job of *proving* that a locking 
sequence is problematic :-)

	Ingo
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