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SubjectRE: [PATCH] improve spinlock debugging

> Tested on i386/UP, but it should work on all platforms. It contains
> runtime checks for:
>
> - missing initialization
> - recursive lock
> - double unlock
> - incorrect use of spin_is_locked() or spin_trylock() [both function
> do not work as expected on uniprocessor builds]
> The next step are checks for spinlock ordering mismatches.
>
> Which other runtime checks are possible?

It's very useful to log when a lock(irq) is held more than xx ms
and who is the caller. Is it possible ?


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