Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755133Ab1FFJZH (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 05:25:07 -0400 Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:38320 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752608Ab1FFJZD convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Jun 2011 05:25:03 -0400 Subject: Re: [debug patch] printk: Add a printk killswitch to robustify NMI watchdog messages From: Peter Zijlstra To: Arne Jansen Cc: Ingo Molnar , Linus Torvalds , mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, efault@gmx.de, npiggin@kernel.dk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, frank.rowand@am.sony.com, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4DEC9B67.2070908@die-jansens.de> References: <20110605151323.GA30590@elte.hu> <20110605152641.GA31124@elte.hu> <20110605153218.GA31471@elte.hu> <4DEBA9CC.4090503@die-jansens.de> <4DEBB05C.8090506@die-jansens.de> <4DEBB3DA.8060001@die-jansens.de> <20110605172052.GA1036@elte.hu> <4DEBBFF9.2030101@die-jansens.de> <20110605185957.GA3452@elte.hu> <4DEBD95B.6030901@die-jansens.de> <20110605194419.GA12965@elte.hu> <4DEBE3DF.70104@die-jansens.de> <1307350909.2353.7408.camel@twins> <4DEC9B67.2070908@die-jansens.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:24:41 +0200 Message-ID: <1307352281.2353.7437.camel@twins> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1297 Lines: 33 On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 11:18 +0200, Arne Jansen wrote: > On 06.06.2011 11:01, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 22:15 +0200, Arne Jansen wrote: > >> > >> Can lockdep just get confused by the lockdep_off/on calls in printk > >> while scheduling is allowed? There aren't many users of lockdep_off(). > > > > Yes!, in that case lock_is_held() returns false, triggering the warning. > > I guess there's an argument to be made in favour of the below.. > > > Two questions... is there any protection between the lockdep_recursion > check and the set to one? I guess in our case it is, because it's the > scheduler that calls it, but in general? Yeah, its always current->lockdep_recursion, so there is no concurrency :-) > And why is lockdep needed to check if a lock is help? Isn't it reflected > in the lock structure itself? Ah, so the difference is between _who_ owns the lock. Things like spin_is_locked() check if the lock is taken but cannot tell you who owns it, but lock_is_held() checks if the current context owns the lock. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/