From: k.kozlowski@samsung.com (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:23:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1420640600.32552.7.camel@AMDC1943> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <157605903.5809859.1420638996780.JavaMail.yahoo@jws10677.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
On ?ro, 2015-01-07 at 13:56 +0000, Anand Moon wrote:
> Hi Kszysztof Kozlowski,
>
> I picked up the bellow line from
>
>
> Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt line no 18
>
> I understand that by enabling this flag we could detect possible
>
> deadlock situation with the kernel. Sorry for the noise.
...and lockdep-design.txt describes LOCKDEP. Not LOCKUP. So why you are
enabling lockup?
Best regards,
Krzysztof
>
>
> -Anand Moon
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 6:57 PM, Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com> wrote:
> On ?ro, 2015-01-07 at 18:29 +0530, Anand Moon wrote:
> > Enable CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR to validate kernel locks state for exynos SOC.
> >
> > Enabling CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR help validator tracks the 'state' of lock-classes,
> > and it tracks dependencies between different lock-classes.
> > The validator maintains a rolling proof that the state and
> > the dependencies are correct.
>
> Unfortunately this is not correct. Lockup detector does something else.
> Please read the help/manual for LOCKUP_DETECTOR. You can find in
> lib/Kconfig.debug (around line 667).
>
> Best regards,
> Krzysztof
>
> >
> > Changes since v2:
> > * Made commit message more clear
> > * Corrected grammer in code comment
> >
> > Tested on Exynos5422 ODROID XU3 board.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Anand Moon <moon.linux@yahoo.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>
> > ---
> > arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> > index 5ef14de..ecd9987 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm/configs/exynos_defconfig
> > @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
> > CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
> > CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
> > CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
> > +CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR=y
> > CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
> > CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y
> > CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-07 14:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-07 12:59 [PATCH v2] ARM: exynos_defconfig: Enable CONFIG_LOCKUP_DETECTOR Anand Moon
2015-01-07 13:27 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2015-01-07 13:56 ` Anand Moon
2015-01-07 14:23 ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2015-01-07 14:39 ` Anand Moon
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