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    lockdep: Print the shortest dependency chain if finding a circle · c94aa5ca
    Ming Lei authored
    
    
    Currently lockdep will print the 1st circle detected if it
    exists when acquiring a new (next) lock.
    
    This patch prints the shortest path from the next lock to be
    acquired to the previous held lock if a circle is found.
    
    The patch still uses the current method to check circle, and
    once the circle is found, breadth-first search algorithem is
    used to compute the shortest path from the next lock to the
    previous lock in the forward lock dependency graph.
    
    Printing the shortest path will shorten the dependency chain,
    and make troubleshooting for possible circular locking easier.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMing Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    LKML-Reference: <1246201486-7308-2-git-send-email-tom.leiming@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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