linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [14/18] BKL-removal: Add unlocked

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Date:	Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:05:47 +0900
From:	"KOSAKI Motohiro" <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...l.org, kosaki.motohiro@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [14/18] BKL-removal: Add unlocked_fasync

> Add a new fops entry point to allow fasync without BKL. While it's arguably
> unclear this entry point is called often enough for it really matters
> it was still relatively easy to do. And there are far less async users
> in the tree than ioctls so it's likely they can be all converted
> eventually and then the non unlocked async entry point could be dropped.

Excellent!
I like this patch :)
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