Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:13:32 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/7] liblockdep: Reduce MAX_LOCK_DEPTH to avoid overflowing lock_chain::depth |
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On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 09:47:53PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Even before that commit, which reduced lock_chain::depth from 8 bits > to 6, MAX_LOCK_DEPTH was too large.
> -#define MAX_LOCK_DEPTH 2000UL > +#define MAX_LOCK_DEPTH 63UL
So per that commit; there still is a 4 byte hole we could fill. So if a bigger number is desired here, there is room to make that happen.
Good to see those assertions did their job, albeit somewhat belated.
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