Re: [PATCH] call sysrq_timer_list_show from a workqueue

[Kyle McMartin]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:28:04PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> De-mutex more symbol lookup paths in the module code
> 
> Kyle McMartin reports sysrq_timer_list_show() can hit the module
> mutex; these paths don't need to though, since we long ago changed all
> the module list manipulation to occur via stop_machine().
> 
> Disabling preemption is enough.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 

ACK that it (obviously) fixes the lock checker spew.

Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxx>

cheers, Kyle
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