Re: [PATCH v2] blktrace: Fix potentail deadlock between delete & sysfs ops

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Aug 18 2017 - 13:26:12 EST


On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:21:46 +0000
Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry Waiman but personally I thoroughly detest loops around mutex_trylock() or
> mutex_timed_lock() because such loops are usually used to paper over a problem
> instead of fixing the root cause.

100% agree.

-- Steve