Re: (subset) [PATCH 1/4] fs/pipe: Convert to lockdep_cmp_fn

Christian Brauner
2024-01-29T14:11:02Z

On Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:01:05 -0500, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> *_lock_nested() is fundamentally broken; lockdep needs to check lock
> ordering, but we cannot device a total ordering on an unbounded number
> of elements with only a few subclasses.
>
> the replacement is to define lock ordering with a proper comparison
> function.
>
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/4] fs/pipe: Convert to lockdep_cmp_fn