On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 02:29:03PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Subject: [patch] lockdep: fix possible races while disabling lock-debugging
> From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
...
> (also note that as we all know the Linux kernel is, by definition,
> bug-free and perfect, so this code never triggers, so these fixes are
> highly theoretical. I wrote this patch for aesthetic reasons alone.)
Now it's too sexy! I can't work.
PS: I had some problems with patching - probably
because of something from -mm, but:
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
...
> @@ -567,12 +601,10 @@ static noinline int print_circular_bug_t
> if (debug_locks_silent)
> return 0;
>
> - /* hash_lock unlocked by the header */
> - __raw_spin_lock(&hash_lock);
> this.class = check_source->class;
> if (!save_trace(&this.trace))
> return 0;
> - __raw_spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
> +
IMHO lock is needed here for save_trace.
...
> @@ -1212,7 +1244,8 @@ register_lock_class(struct lockdep_map *
> hash_head = classhashentry(key);
>
> raw_local_irq_save(flags);
> - __raw_spin_lock(&hash_lock);
> + if (!graph_lock())
! raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
> + return NULL;
> /*
> * We have to do the hash-walk again, to avoid races
> * with another CPU:
Jarek P.
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