lock order reversal status page

[Jon Noack]

On 5/3/2004 3:32 PM, Josef El-Rayes wrote:
> Jon Noack <noackjr at alumni.rice.edu>:
>>>>What is your opinion of a good way to put it in the "lock order
>>>>reversal" output without making it either lost in the noise or
>>>>confuse people as to its intent?
>>>
>>>< SCNR >
>>>put it in in bold <b>http://..../</b>
>>>< /SCNR >
>>>
>>>I do not like the idea to have an URL in the kernel sources but maybe
>>>the only way one may see this is s.th. like:
>>>
>>>--- dmesg excerpt ---
>>>lock order reversal
>>>------------------------------------------------------------
>>>please first read this before submitting PR or posting:
>>>http://..../
>>>------------------------------------------------------------
>>>1st 0xc5a585ac vm object (vm object) @ sys/vm/swap_pager.c:1313
> 
> why not just put a note in the UPDATING file?
> 
> -josef

Why don't people just search the email archives before asking the same 
question for the 10th time?  Putting a note in the LOR message will 
direct people to the information they need and cut down on list noise. 
This is the best way I can see to reduce (if not solve) the problem.

I think it's a good idea, but I can understand the desire to avoid 
polluting the source.  Regardless, I don't have the 
knowledge/power/seniority/etc. to make this decision, so I will defer to 
those who do.

Jon Noack