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From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: lockdep warning during elevator_switch
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:58:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100202205830.GJ5733@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.00.1001312327260.7190@sister.anvils>

On Sun, Jan 31 2010, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> From 2.6.33-rc3 onwards, PROVE_LOCKING=y gives me the warning below when
> I "echo deadline >/sys/block/sdb/queue/scheduler" to change it from cfq.
> 
> Backing out 846f99749ab68bbc7f75c74fec305de675b1a1bf "sysfs: Add lockdep
> annotations for the sysfs active reference" stops the warning -
> but I realize that doesn't mean the actual problem (if any) is fixed.

Thanks Hugh, I hadn't noticed this yet. I do online switches all the
time, but depending on tests lockdep may not be enabled (it steals all
my performance...). I'll take a look.

-- 
Jens Axboe


      reply	other threads:[~2010-02-02 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-31 23:55 lockdep warning during elevator_switch Hugh Dickins
2010-02-02 20:58 ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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