Re: lockdep problem conversion semaphore->mutex (dev->sem)

[Daniel Walker]

On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 18:11 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> > It must be the locking in __driver_attach(), taking dev->parent->sem
> > then taking dev->sem .. Assuming those are different structures, why
> > does lockdep trigger?
> 
> They aren't different, parent is a struct device again.

It's different memory tho .. I wasn't sure how to term that .. The locks
are in two different memory location so it couldn't be recursive .. I'm
only asking for my own understanding .. I don't mind inspecting
potentially bad locking ..

Daniel

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