The patch titled lockdep: annotate vlan net device as being a special class has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lockdep-annotate-vlan-net-device-as-being-a-special-class.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: lockdep: annotate vlan net device as being a special class From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> vlan network devices have devices nesting below it, and are a special "super class" of normal network devices; split their locks off into a separate class since they always nest. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- net/8021q/vlan.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff -puN net/8021q/vlan.c~lockdep-annotate-vlan-net-device-as-being-a-special-class net/8021q/vlan.c --- a/net/8021q/vlan.c~lockdep-annotate-vlan-net-device-as-being-a-special-class +++ a/net/8021q/vlan.c @@ -364,6 +364,14 @@ static void vlan_transfer_operstate(cons } } +/* + * vlan network devices have devices nesting below it, and are a special + * "super class" of normal network devices; split their locks off into a + * separate class since they always nest. + */ +static struct lock_class_key vlan_netdev_xmit_lock_key; + + /* Attach a VLAN device to a mac address (ie Ethernet Card). * Returns the device that was created, or NULL if there was * an error of some kind. @@ -460,6 +468,8 @@ static struct net_device *register_vlan_ new_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct vlan_dev_info), name, vlan_setup); + + lockdep_set_class(&new_dev->_xmit_lock, &vlan_netdev_xmit_lock_key); if (new_dev == NULL) goto out_unlock; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch lock-validator-fix-ns83820c-irq-flags-bug.patch add-export_unused_symbol-and-export_unused_symbol_gpl.patch add-export_unused_symbol-and-export_unused_symbol_gpl-default.patch spin-rwlock-init-cleanups.patch pi-futex-futex-code-cleanups.patch pi-futex-introduce-debug_check_no_locks_freed.patch pi-futex-add-plist-implementation.patch pi-futex-scheduler-support-for-pi.patch pi-futex-rt-mutex-core.patch pi-futex-rt-mutex-docs.patch pi-futex-rt-mutex-debug.patch pi-futex-rt-mutex-tester.patch pi-futex-rt-mutex-tester-fix.patch pi-futex-rt-mutex-futex-api.patch pi-futex-futex_lock_pi-futex_unlock_pi-support.patch lockdep-floppyc-irq-release-fix.patch lockdep-add-is_module_address.patch lockdep-add-per_cpu_offset.patch lockdep-better-lock-debugging.patch lockdep-mutex-section-binutils-workaround.patch lockdep-locking-init-debugging-improvement.patch lockdep-beautify-x86_64-stacktraces.patch lockdep-x86_64-document-stack-frame-internals.patch lockdep-stacktrace-subsystem-core.patch lockdep-stacktrace-subsystem-i386-support.patch lockdep-stacktrace-subsystem-x86_64-support.patch lockdep-irqtrace-subsystem-core.patch lockdep-locking-api-self-tests.patch lockdep-irqtrace-cleanup-of-include-asm-i386-irqflagsh.patch lockdep-irqtrace-cleanup-of-include-asm-x86_64-irqflagsh.patch lockdep-core.patch lockdep-design-docs.patch lockdep-procfs.patch lockdep-prove-rwsem-locking-correctness.patch lockdep-prove-spinlock-rwlock-locking-correctness.patch lockdep-prove-mutex-locking-correctness.patch lockdep-kconfig.patch lockdep-print-all-lock-classes-on-sysrq-d.patch lockdep-x86_64-early-init.patch lockdep-x86-smp-alternatives-workaround.patch lockdep-do-not-recurse-in-printk.patch lockdep-fix-rt_hash_lock_sz.patch lockdep-annotate-direct-io.patch lockdep-annotate-serial.patch lockdep-annotate-dcache.patch lockdep-annotate-i_mutex.patch lockdep-annotate-futex.patch lockdep-annotate-genirq.patch lockdep-annotate-waitqueues.patch lockdep-annotate-mm.patch lockdep-annotate-serio.patch lockdep-annotate-skb_queue_head_init.patch lockdep-annotate-timer-base-locks.patch lockdep-annotate-scheduler-runqueue-locks.patch lockdep-annotate-hrtimer-base-locks.patch lockdep-annotate-sock_lock_init.patch lockdep-annotate-af_unix-locking.patch lockdep-annotate-bh_lock_sock.patch lockdep-annotate-mmap_sem.patch lockdep-annotate-sunrpc-code.patch lockdep-annotate-the-quota-code.patch lockdep-annotate-usbfs.patch lockdep-annotate-sound-core-seq-seq_portsc.patch lockdep-annotate-sound-core-seq-seq_devicec.patch lockdep-annotate-8390c-disable_irq.patch lockdep-annotate-3c59xc-disable_irq.patch lockdep-annotate-forcedethc-disable_irq.patch lockdep-annotate-enable_in_hardirq.patch lockdep-annotate-s_lock.patch lockdep-annotate-sb-s_umount.patch lockdep-annotate-slab-code.patch lockdep-annotate-blkdev-nesting.patch lockdep-annotate-vlan-net-device-as-being-a-special-class.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html