linux-kernel - Re: please revert commit 53f1b1433da7eac2607a4a0898a221a4485fd732 (rtc: push the BKL down into the driver ioctl method)

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Message-ID: <4889F78B.9090202@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:55:55 -0400
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
CC:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: please revert commit 53f1b1433da7eac2607a4a0898a221a4485fd732
 (rtc: push the BKL down into the driver ioctl method)

Jeff Chua wrote:
> This commit is breaking vmware-6.0.4. Upon booting linux (guest) on
> vmware, the whole vmware environment crashed.

Quality hypervisor we have there...

	-hpa
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