linux-kernel - Re: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs

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Message-ID: <adaprpyfoi0.fsf@cisco.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:15:51 -0700
From:	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	general@...ts.openfabrics.org, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [ofa-general] Re: [PATCH] IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs_open()

 > That's the general idea: audit the code where the BKL appears and
 > remove it when it's safe to do so.  It's always an appropriate time;
 > the only question is whether you think this change is good to go into
 > the tree for 2.6.27, or whether it should hang out in linux-next for
 > one more cycle.  I would assume that the extra time would not be
 > necessary.

Yes, this change should be good to go for 2.6.27.

Thanks,
  Roland
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