From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from bh-25.webhostbox.net ([208.91.199.152]:52177 "EHLO bh-25.webhostbox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752562AbcENRYY (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 May 2016 13:24:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] watchdog: core: Fix circular locking dependency To: Wim Van Sebroeck References: <1461249494-24924-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net> <20160514164119.GE20158@spo001.leaseweb.nl> <57375B5B.8040809@roeck-us.net> Cc: Clemens Gruber , linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Guenter Roeck Message-ID: <57375F49.2020300@roeck-us.net> Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 10:24:25 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <57375B5B.8040809@roeck-us.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-watchdog-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org On 05/14/2016 10:07 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > Hi Wim, > > On 05/14/2016 09:41 AM, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: >> Hi Guenter, >> >>> lockdep reports the following circular locking dependency. >>> > > You are faster than me this time. I was just about to send you a pull request. > Sorry for being late. The watchdog-next branch in my repository on kernel.org > has all patches in my queue, in case you want to have a look. > > I'll rebase my branch to yours and see if anything is missing, then send > you a pull request on top of it if needed. > All there. Looks like you picked it up right after I updated the branch this morning. >> >> This patch has been added to linux-watchdog-next. >> > > This patch should probably be tagged for v4.6. > Turns out it has a Fixes: tag, so an additional tag should not be necessary. Thanks, Guenter