Re: [PATCH] sysfs: use different lockdep subclass for s_active deactivation

2007-04-26 Thread Miles Lane
On 4/26/07, Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Miles Lane wrote: > On 4/26/07, Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A sysfs node can delete other sysfs files when accessed. This results >> in recursive s_active locking - read lock for file access, down lock >> of the vicitim for deactivatio

Re: [PATCH] sysfs: use different lockdep subclass for s_active deactivation

2007-04-26 Thread Tejun Heo
Miles Lane wrote: > On 4/26/07, Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A sysfs node can delete other sysfs files when accessed. This results >> in recursive s_active locking - read lock for file access, down lock >> of the vicitim for deactivation. Tell lockdep that it's okay. >> >> Signed-off-b

Re: [PATCH] sysfs: use different lockdep subclass for s_active deactivation

2007-04-26 Thread Miles Lane
On 4/26/07, Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: A sysfs node can delete other sysfs files when accessed. This results in recursive s_active locking - read lock for file access, down lock of the vicitim for deactivation. Tell lockdep that it's okay. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [PATCH] sysfs: use different lockdep subclass for s_active deactivation

2007-04-26 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:50:47PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: > A sysfs node can delete other sysfs files when accessed. This results > in recursive s_active locking - read lock for file access, down lock > of the vicitim for deactivation. Tell lockdep that it's okay. > > Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <

[PATCH] sysfs: use different lockdep subclass for s_active deactivation

2007-04-26 Thread Tejun Heo
A sysfs node can delete other sysfs files when accessed. This results in recursive s_active locking - read lock for file access, down lock of the vicitim for deactivation. Tell lockdep that it's okay. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Miles, please test this patch. It should remo