Re: [PATCH UPDATED] workqueue: relax lockdep annotation onflush_work()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 16:20 +0100, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 04:14:45PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > Hmmm?  The code applies the most strict contraints.  If the workqueue
> > > has a rescuer, flushing another work from the workqueue will always
> > > trigger lockdep warning.  The rule is relaxed only for workqueues
> > > which aren't used for memory reclaiming && support parallel execution.
> > 
> > Ah, ok. I read it like: if the current thread is a rescue thread.
> 
> Ah, I see.  Rafael, can you please verify the updated version is okay
> too (it should be but just in case)?  Peter, shall I route this
> through workqueue tree with your ack?

That's fine with me, thanks!
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