netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] bonding: 3 fixes for 2.6.24

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Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:53:02 +0100 (CET)
From:	Krzysztof Oledzki <olel@....pl>
To:	Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>
cc:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] bonding: 3 fixes for 2.6.24



On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Andy Gospodarek wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 09:54:56AM -0800, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
<CUT>
>> 	This should silence the lockdep (if I'm understanding what
>> everybody's saying), and keep the change set to a minimum.  This might
>
> The lockdep problem is easy to trigger.  The lockdep code does a good
> job of noticing problems quickly regardless of how easy the deadlocks
> are to create.

Exactly. All I need to do is to reboot my server, I have 100% probability 
to get the warning.

>> not even be worth pushing for 2.6.24; I'm not exactly sure how difficult
>> the lockdep problem would be to trigger.
>>
>
> I'd like to see it go in there (for correct-ness) and to avoid hearing
> about these lockdep issues for the next few months until it makes it
> into 2.4.25.

Right. So, what is the final patch? I would like to test it if that's 
possible. ;)

Best regards,

 				Krzysztof Olędzki