linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] blktrace: switch trace spinlock to a raw spinlock

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Date:   Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:31:16 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] blktrace: switch trace spinlock to a raw
 spinlock

On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:08:34 +0100
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de> wrote:

> On 2021-12-13 09:37:37 [-0300], Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
> …
> > To avoid this bug, we switch the trace lock to a raw spinlock.  
> 
> Steven, do you think this is a good idea?
> 

blktrace is actually maintained by Jens.

-- Steve