linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] liblockdep: Reduce MAX_LOCK_DEPTH to avoid overflowing lock

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:13:32 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] liblockdep: Reduce MAX_LOCK_DEPTH to avoid
 overflowing lock_chain::depth

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 09:47:53PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> Even before that commit, which reduced lock_chain::depth from 8 bits
> to 6, MAX_LOCK_DEPTH was too large.

> -#define MAX_LOCK_DEPTH 2000UL
> +#define MAX_LOCK_DEPTH 63UL

So per that commit; there still is a 4 byte hole we could fill. So if a
bigger number is desired here, there is room to make that happen.

Good to see those assertions did their job, albeit somewhat belated.