Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] debug workqueue deadlocks with lockdep | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Date | Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:05:28 +0200 |
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On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 19:33 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > No, that's not right either, but Arjan just helped me a bit with how > lockdep works and I think I have the right idea now. Ignore this for > now, I'll send a new patch in a few days.
ok. But in general, this is a very nice idea!
i've Cc:-ed Oleg. Oleg, what do you think? I think we should keep all the workqueue APIs specified in a form that makes them lockdep coverable like Johannes did. This debug mechanism could have helped with the recent DVB lockup that Thomas Sattler reported.
Ingo
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