Re: lock_stat &rq->lock/1 class name meaning

[Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@gmail.com>]

Thanks!

On 05/12/2011 12:57 PM, Yong Zhang wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 06:26:10PM +0200, Juri Lelli wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm trying to collect contention statistics through /proc/lock_stat
>> about scheduler data structures.
>>
>> What I obtain if a do "cat /proc/lock_stat" is something like:
>> ...
>> &rq->lock:         13128          13128           0.43
>> [...]
>>
>> I guess the first one is about the per-rq (per-CPU) spinlock, but
>> what about the second? What the "/1" stands for?
>
> It is also rq but it's subclass is 1.
>
> Take a look at raw_spin_lock_nested(&this_rq->lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
> in _double_lock_balance()

Ok, I've put more light on this also looking at lockdep.h comments and 
lockdep-design documentation.

Since I'm probably not the only one having troubles undestanding 
lock_stat output, maybe could be useful to add something on this inside 
lockstat documentation (I can try to do this). What you think?

	Juri