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Message-ID: <55668C45.3060700@fb.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 21:32:21 -0600
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
To: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
CC: lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: LOCKDEP warning due to ext_devt_lock
On 05/27/2015 08:32 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
>
> Hi Keith,
> I'm getting lockdep warning around use of ext_devt_lock.
>
> [11428.266019] inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
>
> As you say in
> 2da78092dda1 ("block: Fix dev_t minor allocation lifetime")
> ext_devt_lock can be taken from call_rcu's soft-irq.
> I think that means it should always use the _irq verion of spinlock.
Wouldn't spin_lock_bh() and friends suffice then?
--
Jens Axboe
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