Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 0/21] v6 add lockdep-based diagnostics torcu_dereference()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Feb 25 2010 - 05:02:54 EST



* Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> ==============================================
> [ BUG: Unsafe rcu_dereference_check() usage! ]
> ----------------------------------------------

Also, could we please make the message a bit less alarmist, something more in
line with existing lockdep warnings:

> [ INFO: potentially unsafe rcu_dereference_check() usage detected. ]

... as we should expect quite a few false positives, initially at least.

Thanks,

Ingo
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