linux-kernel - Re: [ 072/143] tipc: fix lockdep warning during bearer initialization

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Message-ID: <537102BA.7090108@ericsson.com>
Date:	Mon, 12 May 2014 13:19:54 -0400
From:	Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [ 072/143] tipc: fix lockdep warning during bearer initialization

On 05/12/2014 01:12 PM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 04:41:00PM +0000, Jon Maloy wrote:
>> Sorry, I should have mentioned that it is still only in net-next.
>> It is pretty recent.
> 
> OK indeed, got it here for reference :
> 
>   https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/commit/?id=7216cd949c9bd56
> 
> But anyway, what is mentionned in this commit is a number of changes that
> happened between 2.6.32 and 3.15, so I hardly see how the tipc_net_lock
> is obsolete in 2.6.32 if it does not have all these changes. I have counted
> 489 commits between 2.6.32 and 3.15-rc5 touching net/tipc, so surely we
> cannot count on what we have to get rid of this lock.
> 
> Am I missing anything ?

Ok. I missed the 2.6.32 part. I withdraw my objection.

///jon

> 
> Thanks,
> Willy
> 

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