On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 07:19:58PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: > Looks to me that the mutex_lock() in _notifier_call_chain needs to be a > mutex_lock_nested(). > The "_nested()" versions are when you have the same type of mutex taken > but belonging to two different instances. Like you have here: What's a mutex type? I have to say this is the first time I've heard of mutex types and the documentation in mutex.c and mutex-design.txt isn't precisely verbose on what mutex_lock_nested() is for or how one would pick subclass. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html