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

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Message-ID: <20130423175016.GC5564@hmsreliant.think-freely.org>
Date:	Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:50:16 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 01:33:15PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> 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.
> 
Copy that. Bart, I'll wait till you get back then.
Neil

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