Re: [patch] locking, percpu counters: introduce separate lockclasses

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Dec 30 2008 - 01:57:25 EST



* David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:05:36 +0100
>
> > One small nit: could you please add the Reported-by line for Jeff Kirscher
> > who reported the problem originally:
> >
> > Reported-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'll make sure to add that to the commit message after
> you successfully test Herbert's patch.
>
> Thanks.

early indications are good: after about 15 random bootup tests the lockdep
warning has not triggered. (it would trigger on every 2nd kernel before
that - there's a 66% chance for lockdep to be enabled in my randconfig
tests)

Ingo
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