Re: PI patch against 2.6.16-rt9

[Ingo Molnar]

* Esben Nielsen <simlo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>  I got the patch I mentioned earlier to run. It passes my userspace
> testscripts as well as all the scripts for Thomas's rtmutex-tester on a UP
> machine.
> 
> The idea is to avoid the deadlocks by releasing all locks before going 
> to the next lock in the chain. I use get_/put_task_struct to avoid the 
> task disappearing during the iteration.

but we lose reliable deadlock detection ...

how do you guarantee that some other CPU doesnt send us on some 
goose-chase?

	Ingo
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