lockdep_set_notrack_class(9)

✨ lockdep_set_notrack_class(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one's a lil function page and honestly it's giving "nuclear option" energy, so let's get into it 🫶

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💖 NAME 💖

lockdep_set_notrack_class — disable lockdep tracking of a given lock, like, entirely entirely. not "partially". not "gently". entirely 😭

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lockdep_set_notrack_class (lock );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lock — the lock you wanna mark 📌 that's it, that's the whole list, she's simple

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so real talk: this is a bigger hammer than lockdep_set_novalidate_class 🔨 and by "bigger hammer" we mean it goes harder, not that it does more stuff — do not come for me, that's literally what the page says.

and who is it for? so far, literally just bcachefs 🙈 because bcachefs takes more locks than lockdep is able to track — and the number is 48. yeah. 48. lockdep said "ma'am I can't hold all these" 💀

so when the tracker just can't keep up, this is the vibe: turn the tracking off for that lock completely. no cap, that's the whole point 🧚

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/linux/lockdep.h
• struct lock_chain(9)
• lockdep_set_novalidate_class(9)

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lowkey a reminder that if you're reaching for this one, you already tried the gentler option first, bestie — this is the "bigger hammer" for a reason 💅

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and that's the page!! 🎀 sign-off time: this lil beauty lives in ./include/linux, it's dated October 2026, and it's filed under lockdep_set_notrack_class(9) — go forth and track responsibly, ily 🌈⭐💜