Re: [PATCH v3] lockdep: Teach lockdep about memalloc_noio_save

Michal Hocko
2017-03-03T09:53:10Z

On Wed 01-03-17 17:18:54, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Wed 01-03-17 17:12:20, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 05:05:30PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > Anyway, does the following help?
> >
> > > diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> > > index 47e4f82380e4..d5386ad7ed3f 100644
> > > --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> > > +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> > > @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
> > > #include <linux/kmemcheck.h>
> > > #include <linux/random.h>
> > > #include <linux/jhash.h>
> > > +#include <linux/sched.h>
> >
> > No, Ingo moved that to linux/sched/mm.h in tip/master, which was the
> > problem.
>
> Yeah, have seen your email after I posted mine...
>
> > But I think this needs to go to Linus in this cycle, right? In which
> > case Ingo gets to sort the fallout.
>
> Yes I think it would be better to send it sonner rahter than later.
> People also might want to backport it to older kernels...

Would you mind if I took this patch and route it via Andrew? I plan to
resubmit my scope NOFS patchset [1] and [2] will need to be refreshed on
top of it so it would be easier for me that way.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170206140718.16222-1-mhocko@kernel.org
[2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170206140718.16222-4-mhocko@kernel.org
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs