linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] lockdep: Fix workqueue crossrelease annotation

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Date:   Mon, 4 Sep 2017 13:42:48 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
Cc:     Byungchul Park <max.byungchul.park@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, david@...morbit.com,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, oleg@...hat.com,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] lockdep: Fix workqueue crossrelease annotation

On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 10:30:32AM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 06:38:52PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > And get tangled up with the workqueue annotation again, no thanks.
> > Having the first few works see the thread setup isn't worth it.
> > 
> > And your work_id annotation had the same problem.
> 
> I keep asking you for an example because I really understand you.
> 
>    Fix my problematic example with your patches,
> 
>    or,
> 
>    Show me a problematic scenario with my original code, you expect.
> 
> Whatever, it would be helpful to understand you.

I _really_ don't understand what you're worried about. Is it the kthread
create and workqueue init or the pool->lock that is released/acquired in
process_one_work()?