From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760260AbZEHPL0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 11:11:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758400AbZEHPLG (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 11:11:06 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:32886 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753371AbZEHPLF (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 May 2009 11:11:05 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 17:10:44 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Tetsuo Handa , LKML , Rusty Russell Subject: Re: ftrace 2.6.30-rc4: possible circular locking dependency Message-ID: <20090508151044.GC29974@elte.hu> References: <200905082255.BGE18711.LJQVStFHOFOOMF@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Steven Rostedt wrote: > > Hi Tetsuo, > > Thanks for the report. But we already have a fix for it. But the change is > a bit of design change, and it is one of those things that is hard to know > if we should push it up stream this late in the RCs. > > We probably should. But the change affects two different subsystems. It > affects ftrace as well as the module code. There's a bit of changes to the > module code (Rusty being the maintainer) where we would be more > comfortable if it goes via Rusty. > > Rusty and Ingo, > > What is the best way to get this change upstream? > > Reference: http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/4/15/548 > > tip git SHA1: 93eb677d74a4f7d3edfb678c94f6c0544d9fbad2 Would be nice to have a non-conflicting version against latest -git - which Tetsuo could test as well, and which i could apply if the test is successful. Ingo