Re: 2.6.17-mm1 - possible recursive locking detected

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:51:51 -0400
"Brown, Len" <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  
> >> 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?

yup.  If it's SMP ;)
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