Re: [PATCH] call sysrq_timer_list_show from a workqueue

Kyle McMartin
2008-01-08T14:41:41Z

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:28:04PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> De-mutex more symbol lookup paths in the module code
>
> Kyle McMartin reports sysrq_timer_list_show() can hit the module
> mutex; these paths don't need to though, since we long ago changed all
> the module list manipulation to occur via stop_machine().
>
> Disabling preemption is enough.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
>

ACK that it (obviously) fixes the lock checker spew.

Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>

cheers, Kyle