RE: 2.6.17-mm1 - possible recursive locking detected

[Brown, Len]

>> The key thing here is that our recent changes in
>> how the locks are _used_ is okay -- and I think it is.
>
>Well.  We don't know that.  We just know that this report of unokayness
>wasn't right.  With Ingo's Linux-only patch we're in a 
>position to verify
>that the locking is probably OK.

If this were really recursive, my machine would have deadlocked
instead of booting normally like it did, no?

-Len
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