netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC] spinlock: split out debugging check from spin_lock

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Date:	Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:33:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nhorman@...driver.com
Cc:	bart.vanassche@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] spinlock: split out debugging check from
 spin_lock_mutex

From: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:44:43 -0400

> Dave, how do you feel about it?  I'm comfortable with the wait queue change I've
> proposed, but I've not received any reports of actual netpoll deadlocks (i.e.
> the mutex solution is reporting a warning, but no actual problems).  So I think
> its safe to wait a bit longer, unless you just want this squared away now.

If it's just a warning and people aren't actually hitting the
potential deadlock, it can wait.
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