linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFC] char dev BKL pushdown

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Message-ID: <19345.1210956236@vena.lwn.net>
Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 10:43:56 -0600
From:	corbet@....net (Jonathan Corbet)
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] char dev BKL pushdown 

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> May I suggest just adding a comment in those files, just saying something 
> like
> 
> 	/* This does not need the BKL, because .. */

OK, I'll make another pass shortly and fill that in.

> Btw, do you have gitweb running anywhere? 

No, I guess I need to figure out how to set it up.  Either that or get
one of those kernel.org accounts and put things there.

Thanks,

jon
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