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Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 09:41:25 +0100 From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> To: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "linux-fsdevel" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, autofs mailing list <autofs@...ux.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - remove ioctl mutex On Monday 06 December 2010 04:51:23 Ian Kent wrote: > With the recent changes to remove the BKL a mutex was added to the > ioctl entry point for calls to the old ioctl interface. This mutex > needs to be removed because of the need for the expire ioctl to call > back to the daemon to perform a umount and receive a completion > status (via another ioctl). > > This should be fine as the new ioctl interface uses much of the same > code and it has been used without a mutex for around a year without > issue, as was the original intention. Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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