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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt b/Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt index 5001280e9d82..9de1c158d44c 100644 --- a/Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt +++ b/Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ between any two lock-classes: <hardirq-safe> -> <hardirq-unsafe> <softirq-safe> -> <softirq-unsafe> -The first rule comes from the fact the a hardirq-safe lock could be +The first rule comes from the fact that a hardirq-safe lock could be taken by a hardirq context, interrupting a hardirq-unsafe lock - and thus could result in a lock inversion deadlock. Likewise, a softirq-safe lock could be taken by an softirq context, interrupting a softirq-unsafe @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ calculated, which hash is unique for every lock chain. The hash value, when the chain is validated for the first time, is then put into a hash table, which hash-table can be checked in a lockfree manner. If the locking chain occurs again later on, the hash table tells us that we -dont have to validate the chain again. +don't have to validate the chain again. Troubleshooting: ---------------- |