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author | Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> | 2009-01-22 19:53:47 +0300 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-02-15 01:28:22 +0300 |
commit | f510b233cfc7bfd57b6007071c52aa42e3d16b06 (patch) | |
tree | d7e91f4d82ee3bed078f5813377b73a1eb7e382f /Documentation | |
parent | 3ff176ca47911630d1555f150d36daa2d0819ea9 (diff) | |
download | linux-f510b233cfc7bfd57b6007071c52aa42e3d16b06.tar.xz |
lockdep: get_user_chars() redo
Generic, states independent, get_user_chars().
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/lockdep-design.txt | 30 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt index 488773018152..938ea22f2cc0 100644 --- a/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/lockdep-design.txt @@ -27,33 +27,37 @@ lock-class. State ----- -The validator tracks lock-class usage history into 5 separate state bits: +The validator tracks lock-class usage history into 4n + 1 separate state bits: -- 'ever held in hardirq context' [ == hardirq-safe ] -- 'ever held in softirq context' [ == softirq-safe ] -- 'ever held with hardirqs enabled' [ == hardirq-unsafe ] -- 'ever held with softirqs and hardirqs enabled' [ == softirq-unsafe ] +- 'ever held in STATE context' +- 'ever head as readlock in STATE context' +- 'ever head with STATE enabled' +- 'ever head as readlock with STATE enabled' + +Where STATE can be either one of (kernel/lockdep_states.h) + - hardirq + - softirq + - reclaim_fs - 'ever used' [ == !unused ] -When locking rules are violated, these 4 state bits are presented in the -locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example: +When locking rules are violated, these state bits are presented in the +locking error messages, inside curlies. A contrived example: modprobe/2287 is trying to acquire lock: - (&sio_locks[i].lock){--..}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 + (&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-...}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 but task is already holding lock: - (&sio_locks[i].lock){--..}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 + (&sio_locks[i].lock){-.-...}, at: [<c02867fd>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24 -The bit position indicates hardirq, softirq, hardirq-read, -softirq-read respectively, and the character displayed in each -indicates: +The bit position indicates STATE, STATE-read, for each of the states listed +above, and the character displayed in each indicates: '.' acquired while irqs disabled '+' acquired in irq context '-' acquired with irqs enabled - '?' read acquired in irq context with irqs enabled. + '?' acquired in irq context with irqs enabled. Unused mutexes cannot be part of the cause of an error. |