linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: Annotate nested sleep in resolve

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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:50:51 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: Annotate nested sleep in resolve_symbol()

On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 06:12:55PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
 > On which, we should probably do this.
 > 
 > ---
 > Subject: module: Replace over-engineered nested sleep 
 > 
 > Since the introduction of the nested sleep warning; we've established
 > that the occasional sleep inside a wait_event() is fine.
 > 
 > wait_event() loops are invariant wrt. spurious wakeups, and the
 > occasional sleep has a similar effect on them. As long as its occasional
 > its harmless.
 > 
 > Therefore replace the 'correct' but verbose wait_woken() thing with
 > a simple annotation to shut up the warning.
 > 
 > Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
 > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

Seems to suppress the warning, and modules still work.

Tested-by: Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
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