On Thu 2018-11-22 15:17:52, Waiman Long wrote: > On 11/22/2018 10:33 AM, Petr Mladek wrote: > > On Mon 2018-11-19 13:55:18, Waiman Long wrote: > >> By making the object hash locks nestable terminal locks, we can avoid > >> a bunch of unnecessary lockdep validations as well as saving space > >> in the lockdep tables. > > Please, explain which terminal lock might be nested. > > So the db_lock is made to be nestable that it can allow acquisition of > pool_lock (a regular terminal lock) underneath it. Please, mention this in the commit message. Best Regards, Petr
