linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/14] sched,lockdep: Employ lock pinning

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Date:	Fri, 5 Jun 2015 11:57:38 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	umgwanakikbuti@...il.com, mingo@...e.hu, ktkhai@...allels.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, tglx@...utronix.de, juri.lelli@...il.com,
	pang.xunlei@...aro.org, oleg@...hat.com,
	wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] sched,lockdep: Employ lock pinning


* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> Employ the new lockdep lock pinning annotation to ensure no
> 'accidental' lock-breaks happen with rq->lock.

btw., could we perhaps reorder this series a bit and first see that it properly 
detects the original locking bug, and then only fix the bug?

To make sure the pinning infrastructure works and all that.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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