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SubjectRe: Q. locking order of dcache_lru_lock
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On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 21:33 +0900, J. R. Okajima wrote:
> Peter Zijlstra:
> > Not really a problem, locking order is simply a tool/scheme to avoid
> > deadlocks. Since there is no deadlock potential its fine to 'violate'
> > locking order.
>
> I see.
> Then lockdep always ignore all tyrlocks?

For tracking dependencies, yes. It does register we hold the lock when
the trylock is successful.


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