Re: 2.6.17-rc5-mm3-lockdep -

[Herbert Xu]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 08:38:07AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> yeah. I'll investigate - it's quite likely that sk_receive_queue.lock 
> will have to get per-address family locking rules - right?

Yes that's the issue.

> Maybe it's enough to introduce a separate key for AF_UNIX alone (and 
> still having all other protocols share the locking rules for 
> sk_receive_queue.lock) , by reinitializing its spinlock after 
> sock_init_data()?

This could work.  AF_UNIX is probably the only family that does not
interact with hardware.

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