On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:34:12PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Please add the appropriate lock_acquire()/lock_release() calls into the
> new sleeping semaphore type. Just use the parameters that rwlocks use:
>
> #define rwlock_acquire(l, s, t, i) lock_acquire(l, s, t, 0, 2, i)
> #define rwlock_acquire_read(l, s, t, i) lock_acquire(l, s, t, 2, 2, i)
> and lockdep will allow recursive read-locking. You'll also need a
> lockdep_init_map() call to register the lock with lockdep. Then your
> locking scheme will be fully checked by lockdep too. (with your current
> code the new lock type is not added to the lock dependency graph(s))
I'm on it. :)
Thanks
ego
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