The patch titled lock validator: print INFO, not BUG has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is lock-validator-core-print-info-not-bug.patch This patch was dropped because lockdep is being redone ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: lock validator: print INFO, not BUG From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Make the lock validator messages less alarmist by printing INFO: instead of BUG:. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- kernel/lockdep.c | 28 ++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/lockdep.c~lock-validator-core-print-info-not-bug kernel/lockdep.c --- a/kernel/lockdep.c~lock-validator-core-print-info-not-bug +++ a/kernel/lockdep.c @@ -614,16 +614,15 @@ print_circular_bug_header(struct lock_li if (debug_locks_silent) return 0; - printk("\n=====================================================\n"); - printk( "[ BUG: possible circular locking deadlock detected! ]\n"); - printk( "-----------------------------------------------------\n"); + printk("\n=======================================================\n"); + printk( "[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]\n"); + printk( "-------------------------------------------------------\n"); printk("%s/%d is trying to acquire lock:\n", curr->comm, curr->pid); print_lock(check_source); printk("\nbut task is already holding lock:\n"); print_lock(check_target); - printk("\nwhich lock already depends on the new lock,\n"); - printk("which could lead to circular deadlocks!\n"); + printk("\nwhich lock already depends on the new lock.\n\n"); printk("\nthe existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:\n"); print_circular_bug_entry(entry, depth); @@ -879,15 +878,14 @@ print_deadlock_bug(struct task_struct *c if (debug_locks_silent) return 0; - printk("\n====================================\n"); - printk( "[ BUG: possible deadlock detected! ]\n"); - printk( "------------------------------------\n"); + printk("\n=============================================\n"); + printk( "[ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]\n"); + printk( "---------------------------------------------\n"); printk("%s/%d is trying to acquire lock:\n", curr->comm, curr->pid); print_lock(next); printk("\nbut task is already holding lock:\n"); print_lock(prev); - printk("\nwhich could potentially lead to deadlocks!\n"); printk("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n"); lockdep_print_held_locks(curr); @@ -1437,9 +1435,9 @@ print_irq_inversion_bug(struct task_stru if (debug_locks_silent) return 0; - printk("\n==================================================\n"); - printk( "[ BUG: possible irq lock inversion bug detected! ]\n"); - printk( "--------------------------------------------------\n"); + printk("\n=========================================================\n"); + printk( "[ INFO: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected ]\n"); + printk( "---------------------------------------------------------\n"); printk("%s/%d just changed the state of lock:\n", curr->comm, curr->pid); print_lock(this); @@ -1448,9 +1446,7 @@ print_irq_inversion_bug(struct task_stru else printk("but this lock was taken by another, %s-irq-safe lock in the past:\n", irqtype); print_lock_name(other); - printk("\n\nand interrupts could create inverse lock ordering between them,\n"); - - printk("which could potentially lead to deadlocks!\n"); + printk("\n\nand interrupts could create inverse lock ordering between them.\n\n"); printk("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n"); lockdep_print_held_locks(curr); @@ -2250,7 +2246,7 @@ print_unlock_order_bug(struct task_struc return 0; printk("\n=======================================\n"); - printk( "[ INFO: bad unlock ordering detected. ]\n"); + printk( "[ INFO: out of order unlock detected. ]\n"); printk( "---------------------------------------\n"); printk("The code is fine but needs lock validator annotation.\n"); printk("%s/%d is trying to release lock (", _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from mingo@xxxxxxx are origin.patch disable-debugging-version-of-write_lock.patch fix-drivers-mfd-ucb1x00-corec-irq-probing-bug.patch cifs-remove-f_ownerlock-use.patch lock-validator-fix-ns83820c-irq-flags-bug.patch revert-gregkh-pci-pci-test-that-drivers-properly-call-pci_set_master.patch x86-re-enable-generic-numa.patch 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