linux-kernel - Re: [PULL] bkl-removal tree

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:29:25 +0200
From:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PULL] bkl-removal tree

Am Montag, 14. Juli 2008 schrieb Jonathan Corbet:
> Hi, Linus,
> 
> Please consider pulling from the bkl-removal tree:
> 
>   git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6.git bkl-removal

Very nice. 


> Most of these patches have been in linux-next since May with no ill
> effect.  
[...]
>       vmcp: BKL pushdown
[...]
>  drivers/s390/char/vmcp.c                     |    4 ++


Ok. Lets answer this question for anybody :-)
I own this driver and I want to remove the BKL as soon as I am confident its 
ok. Should the followup patch be merged with Jonathans tree or should I sent 
it directly to Andrew or Linus?

Christian
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