Re: [patch V2 00/29] lockup_detector: Cure hotplug deadlocks and replace duct tape

[Ingo Molnar]

* Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 09:36:54PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > The lockup detector is broken is several ways:
> > 
> >     - It's deadlock prone vs. CPU hotplug in various ways. Some of these
> >       are due to recursive cpus_read_lock() others are due to
> >       cpus_read_lock() from CPU hotplug callbacks which immediately lock
> >       the machine because cpus are write locked.
> > 
> >     - The handling of the cpu hotplug threads happens sideways to the
> >       smpboot thread infrastructure, which is racy and pointless
> > 
> >     - The handling of the user space sysctl interface is a complete
> >       trainwreck as it fiddles directly with variables which can be
> >       modified or evaluated by the running watchdogs.
> > 
> >     - The perf event initialization is a trainwreck as it tries to create
> >       perf events over and over even if perf is not functional (no
> >       hardware, ....). To avoid excessive dmesg spam it contains magic
> >       printk ratelimiting along with either wrong or useless messages.
> > 
> >     - The code structure is horrible as ifdef sections are scattered all
> >       over the place which makes it unreadable
> > 
> >     - There is more wreckage, but see the changelogs for the ugly details.
> >
> 
> Aside from the simple compile issue in patch 25.  I have no issues with this
> patchset.  Thanks Thomas!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks guys! I've applied the series and will push it out after some testing.

Thanks,

	Ingo