Re: [PATCH v4] lib/spinlock_debug.c: prevent a recursive cycle in the debug code

[Byungchul Park]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 09:27:03AM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> 
> well, the stack is surely limited, but on every
> spin_dump()->spin_lock() recursive call it does another
> round of
> 
> 	u64 loops = loops_per_jiffy * HZ;
> 
> 	for (i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
> 		if (arch_spin_trylock(&lock->raw_lock))
> 			return;
> 		__delay(1);
> 	}
> 
> so if you have 1000 spin_dump()->spin_lock() then, well,
> something has been holding the lock for '1000 * loops_per_jiffy * HZ'.

Or the printk() is heavily called and the lock is congested.