Re: [PATCH] Increase lockdep MAX_LOCK_DEPTH
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Aug 31 2007 - 10:37:22 EST
On Fri, 2007-08-31 at 09:33 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Peter, unless there is some other reason to do so, changing xfs
> performance behavior simply to satisfy lockdep limitations* doesn't seem
> like the best plan.
>
> I suppose one slightly flakey option would be for xfs to see whether
> lockdep is enabled and adjust cluster size based on MAX_LOCK_DEPTH... on
> the argument that lockdep is likely used in debugging kernels where
> sheer performance is less important... but, that sounds pretty flakey to me.
Agreed, that sucks too :-/
I was hoping there would be a 'nice' solution, a well, again, reality
ruins it.
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