linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: sisusbvga: Remove the BKL from open

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Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:50:49 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>
Cc:	Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.de>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@...ischhofer.net>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Fr??d??ric Weisbecker" <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: sisusbvga: Remove the BKL from open

On Monday 26 April 2010, Alessio Igor Bogani wrote:
> It is what effectively I'm trying to do!
> 
> The first part of this work is already present in USB subsystem
> maintainer tree (aka greg) at:
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/usb/usb-sisusbvga-remove-the-bkl-from-ioctl.patch
> 

Ok, looks good then. I just wouldn't bother splitting the work into two patches if you
want to do this for more drivers.

	Arnd
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