Re: [patch 52/61] lock validator: special locking: af_unix

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon May 29 2006 - 21:33:12 EST


On Mon, 29 May 2006 23:27:19 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
>
> teach special (recursive) locking code to the lock validator. Has no
> effect on non-lockdep kernels.
>
> (includes workaround for sk_receive_queue.lock, which is currently
> treated globally by the lock validator, but which be switched to
> per-address-family locking rules.)
>
> ...
>
>
> - spin_lock(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
> + spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);

Again, a bit of a show-stopper. Will the real fix be far off?
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