Re: [PATCH] lockdep: add lock_class information to lock_chain and output it

Ingo Molnar
2008-06-20T10:20:09Z

* Huang, Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> wrote:

> ﻿This patch is not intended to be merged. Just hope it is useful for
> somebody want to investigate kernel locking behavior. The simple
> scripts attached with the mail can be used to draw class chain graph
> via graphviz.

hm, that looks pretty nice. Why not merge it? You could make it depend
on LOCKDEP_DEBUG perhaps, if kernel size/performance is an issue.

Ingo