Re: [PATCH v7 06/16] lockdep: Detect and handle hist_lock ring buffer overwrite

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 12:29:05PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 07:09:53PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:50:52AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > 	wait_for_completion(&C);
> > > 	  atomic_inc_return();
> > > 
> > > 					mutex_lock(A1);
> > > 					mutex_unlock(A1);
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 					<IRQ>
> > > 					  spin_lock(B1);
> > > 					  spin_unlock(B1);
> > > 
> > > 					  ...
> > > 
> > > 					  spin_lock(B64);
> > > 					  spin_unlock(B64);
> > > 					</IRQ>
> > > 
> > > 

Also consider the alternative:

					<IRQ>
					  spin_lock(D);
					  spin_unlock(D);

					  complete(&C);
					</IRQ>

in which case the context test will also not work.