Re: [PATCH v4] lib/spinlock_debug.c: prevent a recursive cycle in the debug code

Byungchul Park
2016-01-29T08:19:36Z

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 04:15:02PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 02:49:35PM -0800, Peter Hurley wrote:
> > And we already have lockdep turned off to avoid triggering a recursive
> > lockdep report (which I think is a mistake).
>
> Yes, we already have a way to turn off the lock debug so that we can
> avoid it. So I used it in v4.
>
> thanks,
> byungchul
>
> >
> > I think we should be working toward properly handling recursion
> > in printk().

And it would be better once it is done to handle the recursion properly.
But I think, not now..

> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter Hurley