linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] tty: remove the BKL in n

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:23:21 +0200
From:	"Frédéric Weisbecker" <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] tty: remove the BKL in n_tty.c

2008/10/13 Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>:
> Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> writes:
> I suppose Alan did it already, but the general rule when doing
> such changes is to lock data not code.

Ah ok. But there are so much references to tty->column on these functions
so that I thought the best thing to do was to lock the whole path.

Thanks.
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