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Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation

From Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation
Date 2017-01-18 13:00 +0100
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On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 12:03:17PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 07:53:47PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 02:42:30PM +0800, Boqun Feng wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 02:12:11PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > +Example 1:
> > > > +
> > > > +   CONTEXT X		   CONTEXT Y
> > > > +   ---------		   ---------
> > > > +   mutext_lock A
> > > > +			   lock_page B
> > > > +   lock_page B
> > > > +			   mutext_lock A /* DEADLOCK */
> > > 
> > > s/mutext_lock/mutex_lock
> > 
> > Thank you.
> > 
> > > > +Example 3:
> > > > +
> > > > +   CONTEXT X		   CONTEXT Y
> > > > +   ---------		   ---------
> > > > +			   mutex_lock A
> > > > +   mutex_lock A
> > > > +   mutex_unlock A
> > > > +			   wait_for_complete B /* DEADLOCK */
> > > 
> > > I think this part better be:
> > > 
> > >    CONTEXT X		   CONTEXT Y
> > >    ---------		   ---------
> > >    			   mutex_lock A
> > >    mutex_lock A
> > >    			   wait_for_complete B /* DEADLOCK */
> > >    mutex_unlock A
> > > 
> > > , right? Because Y triggers DEADLOCK before X could run mutex_unlock().
> > 
> > There's no different between two examples.
> 
> There is..
> 
> > No matter which one is chosen, mutex_lock A in CONTEXT X cannot be passed.
> 
> But your version shows it does mutex_unlock() before CONTEXT Y does
> wait_for_completion().
> 
> The thing about these diagrams is that both columns are assumed to have
> the same timeline.

X cannot acquire mutex A because Y already acquired it.

In order words, all statements below mutex_lock A in X cannot run.

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Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> - 2017-01-18 07:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-01-18 12:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> - 2017-01-18 13:00 +0100
      RE: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation "byungchul.park" <byungchul.park@lge.com> - 2017-01-18 13:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-01-18 15:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> - 2017-01-19 03:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-01-18 13:40 +0100
        RE: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation "byungchul.park" <byungchul.park@lge.com> - 2017-01-18 14:00 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v4 15/15] lockdep: Crossrelease feature documentation Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com> - 2017-01-18 12:20 +0100

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