linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] lib/spinlock_debug.c: prevent an infinite recursive cycle in spin

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Message-ID: <20160127022213.GA3740@X58A-UD3R>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 11:22:13 +0900
From:	Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akinobu.mita@...il.com, jack@...e.cz, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] lib/spinlock_debug.c: prevent an infinite recursive
 cycle in spin_dump()

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:00:14AM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 04:11:24PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > I can't immediately think of anything better than this.  It's a hack, but
> > it's a small and quite clear hack.
> 
> I am sorry for making you confused. :( I think I need to find another way
> to solve this problem. At first, when I wrote this patch, I was also
> confused.

Even though this can fix symptoms..

> 
> thanks,
> byungchul