Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] workaround minor lockdep bug triggered by mm_take_all_locks | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Date | Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:05:29 +0200 |
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On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 11:56 -0700, Roland Dreier wrote: > > NAK, come-on, you didn't even bother to look at the available > > annotations.. > > Agree that this trylock-in-a-loop is a horrible hack that should never > be merged. > > However I wonder what you think the right way to annotate the > potentially unbounded number of locks taken in mm_take_all_locks() is?
Good question, one which I don't currently have an answer for - see my other mail why getting rid of the MAX_LOCK_DEPTH limitation is hard.
I'll give it another serious go tomorrow (if nothing else preempts me).
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