netdev - Re: [PATCH]: Schedule correct qdisc in watchdog.

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Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:54:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jarkao2@...il.com
Cc:	denys@...p.net.lb, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Schedule correct qdisc in watchdog.

From: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:35:31 +0000

> pkt_sched: Add lockdep annotation for qdisc locks
> 
> Qdisc locks are initialized in the same function, qdisc_alloc(), so
> lockdep can't distinguish tx qdisc lock from rx and reports "possible
> recursive locking detected" when both these locks are taken eg. while
> using act_mirred with ifb. This looks like a false positive. Anyway,
> after this patch these locks will be reported more exactly.
> 
> Reported-by: Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>
> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Jarek.

I suspect we need to apply this lock annotation to the locks
in the static qdiscs &noop_qdisc and &noqueue_qdisc.

Could you prepare paatch for that for me?

Thanks again.
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