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SubjectRe: [patch 17/61] lock validator: sk_callback_lock workaround

* Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 29 May 2006 23:24:27 +0200
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
> > temporary workaround for the lock validator: make all uses of
> > sk_callback_lock softirq-safe. (The real solution will be to express
> > to the lock validator that sk_callback_lock rules are to be
> > generated per-address-family.)
>
> Ditto. What's the actual problem being worked around here, and how's
> the real fix shaping up?

this patch should be moot meanwhile. Earlier versions of the lock
validator produced false positives for certain read-locking constructs.

i have undone the patch:

lock-validator-sk_callback_lock-workaround.patch

and there doesnt seem to be any false positives popping up. Please dont
remove it from -mm yet, i'll test this some more and will do the removal
in the lock validator queue refactoring, ok?

Ingo
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