linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] device-core: Kill the lockdep

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Message-ID: <YmGBwKEGSNqh0x8P@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Apr 2022 18:09:36 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        vishal.l.verma@...el.com, alison.schofield@...el.com,
        nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] device-core: Kill the lockdep_mutex

On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 08:33:45AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> Per Peter [1], the lockdep API has native support for all the use cases
> lockdep_mutex was attempting to enable. Now that all lockdep_mutex users
> have been converted to those APIs, drop this lock.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Ylf0dewci8myLvoW@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net [1]
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>

YES!!!!!

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>


Nice work.