Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 12 May 2004 3:56 am, Zoltan Menyhart wrote:
> > Got a dead lock ?
> > No idea how you got there ?
> >
> > Why don't you put the ID of the owner of the lock in the lock word ?
> > Here is your patch for IA-64.
> > Doesn't cost any additional instruction, you can have it in your
> > "production" kernel, too.
> 
> Whatever happened with this patch?  I really like the idea, but
> it seems like it died on the vine.  Maybe it's time to clean it
> up, pull all the bits together, and repost it.

Here you are.
(I'm still playing with 2.6.5)

Zoltán Menyhárt