On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 04:28:25PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Tue, 2013-03-12 at 14:05 +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > > @@ -111,17 +111,17 @@ struct bus_type { > > struct iommu_ops *iommu_ops; > > > > struct subsys_private *p; > > + struct lock_class_key __key; > > }; > > Is struct bus_type constrained to static storage or can people go an > allocate this stuff dynamically? If so, this patch is broken. I don't think anyone is creating this dynamically, it should be static. Why does this matter, does the lockdep code care about where the variable is declared (heap vs. static)? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>