linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/20] BKL: That's all, folks

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:19:54 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...radead.org>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/20] BKL: That's all, folks


* Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> This removes the implementation of the big kernel lock,
> at last. A lot of people have worked on this in the
> past, I so the credit for this patch should be with
> everyone who participated in the hunt.
> 
> The names on the Cc list are the people that were the
> most active in this, according to the recorded git
> history, in alphabetical order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@...il.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>
> Cc: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...radead.org>
> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/hardirq.h  |    9 +---
>  include/linux/smp_lock.h |   65 ----------------------
>  init/Kconfig             |    5 --
>  kernel/sched.c           |    7 ---
>  lib/Makefile             |    1 -
>  lib/kernel_lock.c        |  136 ----------------------------------------------
>  6 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 222 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/smp_lock.h
>  delete mode 100644 lib/kernel_lock.c

Yay!

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

	Ingo
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