Re: kvm+nouveau induced lockdep gripe

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Sat Oct 24 2020 - 01:26:14 EST


On Sat, 2020-10-24 at 13:00 +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 05:38:23 +0200 Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > On Sat, 2020-10-24 at 10:22 +0800, Hillf Danton wrote:
> > >
> > > Looks like we can break the lock chain by moving ttm bo's release
> > > method out of mmap_lock, see diff below.
> >
> > Ah, the perfect compliment to morning java, a patchlet to wedge in and
> > see what happens.
> >
> > wedge/build/boot <schlurp... ahhh>
> >
> > Mmm, box says no banana... a lot.
>
> Hmm...curious how that word went into your mind. And when?

There's a colloquial expression "close, but no cigar", and a variant
"close, but no banana". The intended communication being "not quite".

-Mike