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    lockdep: fix workqueue creation API lockdep interaction · eb13ba87
    Johannes Berg authored
    
    Dave Young reported warnings from lockdep that the workqueue API
    can sometimes try to register lockdep classes with the same key
    but different names. This is not permitted in lockdep.
    
    Unfortunately, I was unaware of that restriction when I wrote
    the code to debug workqueue problems with lockdep and used the
    workqueue name as the lockdep class name. This can obviously
    lead to the problem if the workqueue name is dynamic.
    
    This patch solves the problem by always using a constant name
    for the workqueue's lockdep class, namely either the constant
    name that was passed in or a string consisting of the variable
    name.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
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