Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:54:29 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [Patch 0/2] sysfs: fix s_active lockdep warning |
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On Fri, 26 Feb 2010, Alan Stern wrote: > On Thu, 4 Feb 2010, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > On Thu, 4 Feb 2010, Greg KH wrote: > > > > However in view of the other difficulties, it still doesn't seem > > > > possible to make device mutexes work with lockdep. I suggest removing > > > > Thomas's patch. > > > > > > Unless Thomas or anyone else thinks of something that can solve these > > > problems, I will do so. > > > > Hmm, I have not seen those lockdep splats on -rt where we have the > > mutex conversion for quite some time already. Need to look at it. > > Thomas, did you ever figure out what was going on? It would be nice to > know why the -rt kernels don't have any lockdep problems associated > with the device mutexes.
Yes, it just did not happen on the systems which I tested with lockdep enabled, but I found a box where it triggered.
Sorry should have tested better. :(
Thanks,
tglx
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