linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 2/2] lockdep: Remove unnecessary acquisitions wrt workqueue flush

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Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:56:35 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>, johannes.berg@...el.com,
        mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, oleg@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 2/2] lockdep: Remove unnecessary acquisitions
 wrt workqueue flush

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 08:38:17AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> 
> As long as we have the same level of protection, simpler code is of
> course preferable.  That said, I haven't followed the discussion
> closely and don't want to apply it without Peter's ack.  Peter?

I'm really tied up atm; and feel we should be addressing the false
positives generated by the current code before we start doing new stuff
on top.