Re: MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES too low in 2.6.23-rc7-mm1

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Peter Zijlstra (peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:03:58 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers
> <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ingo,
> > 
> > I got the following printk when booting 2.6.23-rc7-mm1 :
> > 
> > BUG: MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES too low!
> > turning off the locking correctness validator.
> > 
> > Is it known/correct situation ?
> 
> Known, bug in r/o mounts code:
> 
> > static void lock_and_coalesce_cpu_mnt_writer_counts(void)
> > {
> > 	int cpu;
> > 	struct mnt_writer *cpu_writer;
> > 
> > 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
> > 		cpu_writer = &per_cpu(mnt_writers, cpu);
> > 		spin_lock_nested(&cpu_writer->lock, 42);
> > 		                                   ^^^^
> > 

How could the Ultimate Answer be wrong ? ;)

Cheers,

Mathieu

> > What the heck is going on? Given that MAX_LOCKDEP_SUBCLASSES is only 8,
> > this reliably turns off lockdep at boot.

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Mathieu Desnoyers
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