netdev - Re: [LOCKDEP BUG][2.6.36-rc1] xt_info

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Message-ID: <1281987352.2487.40.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:35:52 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [LOCKDEP BUG][2.6.36-rc1] xt_info_wrlock?

Le lundi 16 août 2010 à 21:16 +0200, Peter Zijlstra a écrit :

> Adding lockdep_off() is just plain wrong, if you cannot describe the
> locking there's a fair chance its wrong anyway.
> 

I see.

I described the fine locking after Steven comment, adding a long
Changelog.

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/61827/

If someone thinks this locking is buggy, please speak now ;)



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