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From: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/13] lockdep: Implement crossrelease feature
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 02:35:21PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:28:20PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 02:05:13PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:17:32PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > > > +#define MAX_XHLOCKS_NR 64UL
> > > 
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_CROSSRELEASE
> > > > +	if (tsk->xhlocks) {
> > > > +		void *tmp = tsk->xhlocks;
> > > > +		/* Disable crossrelease for current */
> > > > +		tsk->xhlocks = NULL;
> > > > +		vfree(tmp);
> > > > +	}
> > > > +#endif
> > > 
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_CROSSRELEASE
> > > > +	p->xhlock_idx = 0;
> > > > +	p->xhlock_idx_soft = 0;
> > > > +	p->xhlock_idx_hard = 0;
> > > > +	p->xhlock_idx_nmi = 0;
> > > > +	p->xhlocks = vzalloc(sizeof(struct hist_lock) * MAX_XHLOCKS_NR);
> > > 
> > > I don't think we need vmalloc for this now.
> > 
> > Really? When is a better time to do it?
> > 
> > I think the time creating a task is the best time to initialize it. No?
> 
> The place is fine, but I would use kmalloc() now (and subsequently kfree
> on the other end) for the allocation. Its not _that_ large anymore,
> right?

Did you mean that? OK, I will do it.

Thank you.