Re: [PATCH] sysfs: use different lockdep subclass for s_active deactivation

[Miles Lane]

On 4/26/07, Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Miles Lane wrote:
> > On 4/26/07, Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> A sysfs node can delete other sysfs files when accessed.  This results
> >> in recursive s_active locking - read lock for file access, down lock
> >> of the vicitim for deactivation.  Tell lockdep that it's okay.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Miles, please test this patch.  It should remove the lockdep warning.
> >> Fixes for the other two problems will soon follow.
> >>
> >> Greg, Andrew, after all the fixes are verified, I'll merge the fixes
> >> into the original patches and resend all the sysfs updates in better
> >> shape.  Sorry about all the trouble.
> >
> > Should I test this with 2.6.21-rc7-mm2?
> > It doesn't apply cleanly.
> >
> > # patch -p1 -l --dry-run < tejun.patch
> > patching file fs/sysfs/dir.c
> > Hunk #1 succeeded at 31 with fuzz 1 (offset -29 lines).
> > patching file fs/sysfs/sysfs.h
> > Hunk #1 succeeded at 40 (offset -1 lines).
> > Hunk #2 succeeded at 182 with fuzz 1 (offset -1 lines).
>
> It's in the middle of gregkh patch series but you can safely ignore the
> fuzzes.

WIth this patch applied to 2.6.21-rc7-mm2, I am not seeing any of the
problems I reported against 2.6.21-mm1, except for one.  The first
time I tried to suspend from the Gnome Quit dialog, I heard the pop
associated with unloading the sound module, but all the buttons stayed
lit up until I touched the Synaptics mousepad.  Then the machine
entered the suspend state.  Subsequent attempts to suspend worked
without a hitch (no mousepad events required).  Another problem I
noticed is that the lib switch is not triggering a suspend.  I tried
repeatedly.

Thanks,
          Miles
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