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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] blktrace: Fix potentail deadlock between delete &
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On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:21:46 +0000
Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@wdc.com> wrote:

> Sorry Waiman but personally I thoroughly detest loops around mutex_trylock() or
> mutex_timed_lock() because such loops are usually used to paper over a problem
> instead of fixing the root cause.

100% agree.

-- Steve