Re: [PATCH 000 of 4] Introduction

[Neil Brown]

On Wednesday October 11, mingo@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > I say "normally" because if a loop were created in the array->member 
> > hierarchy a deadlock could happen.  However that causes bigger 
> > problems than a deadlock and should be fixed independently.
> 
> ok to me. Sidenote: shouldnt we algorithmically forbid that "loop" 
> scenario from occuring, as that possibility is what causes lockdep to 
> complain about the worst-case scenario?

Yes we should.  Possibly we could use the linkage information set up
by bd_claim_by_kobject.  However I'm afraid that the locking required
to check that linkage safely will look very dead-lock prone to
lockdep.  I suspect that can be worked-around though.

NeilBrown
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