linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] blktrace: switch trace spinlock to a raw spinlock

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Date:   Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:50:53 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>,
        "open list:BLOCK LAYER" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] blktrace: switch trace spinlock to a raw spinlock

On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:28:27 -0300, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
> The running_trace_lock protects running_trace_list and is acquired
> within the tracepoint which implies disabled preemption. The spinlock_t
> typed lock can not be acquired with disabled preemption on PREEMPT_RT
> because it becomes a sleeping lock.
> The runtime of the tracepoint depends on the number of entries in
> running_trace_list and has no limit. The blk-tracer is considered debug
> code and higher latencies here are okay.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] blktrace: switch trace spinlock to a raw spinlock
      commit: 361c81dbc58c8aa230e1f2d556045fa7bc3eb4a3

Best regards,
-- 
Jens Axboe