Re: [PATCH RESEND 0/7] locking: opt-in tracking of sleeping lock holders

[Shakeel Butt]

On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 12:41:54PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 01:34:30PM -1000, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Hello, Shakeel.
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 24, 2026 at 08:50:18AM -0700, Shakeel Butt wrote:
> > > The answer is a count in task_struct. Only the locks that ask to be
> > > tracked are counted. The mechanism introduced here is planned to be used
> > > by solutions for shared lock isolation scenarios [1].
> > ...
> > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/20260921192559.2619635-1-shakeel.butt@xxxxxxxxx/
> > 
> > Let's resolve the discussion on the overall approach first.
> 
> So I must admit to absolutely hating these patches.

I think I should have started a conversation/discussion email before sending out
the multiple patch series which kind of doing multiple overlapping things and it
is causing confusion. Let me actually do that and I will CC relevant folks.