On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 11:08:49AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > Since -rc1 we're hitting a bunch of lockdep splats using the new > cross-release stuff around the 2 kthread completions. In all cases > they are because totally independent uses of kthread are mixed up by > lockdep into the same locking class, creating artificial deadlocks. > > Fix this by converting kthread code in the same way as e.g. > alloc_workqueue already works: Use macros for the public api so we can > have a callsite specific lockdep key, then pass that through the > entire callchain. Due to the many entry points this is slightly > tedious. Do you have a splat somewhere? I'm having trouble seeing how all this comes together. That is, I've no real idea what you're actual problem is and if this is the right solution. _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
