Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:39:14 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [Patch v5 0/9] liblockdep: userspace lockdep |
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* Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> wrote:
> >> The other issue is that with lock classes disabled you have to hit an > >> actual deadlock to trigger any output. > >> > >> I.e. much of the power of lockdep is diminished :-/ When actual > >> deadlocks are triggered then it's not particularly complex to debug > >> user-space apps: gdb the hung task(s) and look at the backtraces. > > > > Lock classes are disabled only if you're using the LD_PRELOAD method > > of testing. If you actually re-compile your code with the library (by > > just including the header and setting a #define to enable it) you will > > have lock classes. > > Hi Ingo, > > Just wondering if you're planning on pushing it over to Linus from your > tree, or should I go ahead and do it on my own?
PeterZ is in favor as well so I'll apply them after the merge window, for v3.12.
Thanks,
Ingo
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