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SubjectRe: [RESEND PATCH 0/11] kernel:lockdep:replace DFS with BFS
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On Sun, 2009-06-28 at 23:04 +0800, tom.leiming@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,Peter
>
> Currently lockdep uses recursion DFS(depth-first search) algorithm to
> search target in checking lock circle(check_noncircular()),irq-safe
> -> irq-unsafe(check_irq_usage()) and irq inversion when adding a new
> lock dependency. This patches replace the current DFS with BFS, based on
> the following consideration:
>
> 1,no loss of efficiency, no matter DFS or BFS, the running time
> are O(V+E) (V is vertex count, and E is edge count of one
> graph);

I'd still like to get some feedback on the loss of that generation count
optimization done by DaveM, I haven't had time to analyze the
ramifications of that.



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