linux-kernel - Re: [patch 00/29] lockup_detector: Cure hotplug deadlocks and replace duct tape

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1709011117110.1857@nanos>
Date:   Fri, 1 Sep 2017 11:18:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
        Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 00/29] lockup_detector: Cure hotplug deadlocks and replace
 duct tape

On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Don Zickus wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 09:15:58AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > The following series sanitizes the facility and addresses the problems.
> 
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> Thanks for the patchset.  I agree with most your issues you complained
> about, just wasn't smart enough to figure out the right way to solve them.
> Despite your aggressive comments, I will review the code to see if it covers

Sorry, I didn't want to offend you or anyone else, but having to spend more
than a day to distangle the duct tape in that code, was not really lifting
my mood.

> the scenarios that have popped up over the years and run some testing on my
> side.  Probably need a few days to do that.

Yes, that would be appreciated.

Thanks,

	tglx