linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH cleanup] Re: + mips-vpe-remove-leftover-unlock

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Message-ID: <20091103221541.GA25401@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:15:41 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH cleanup] Re: +
	mips-vpe-remove-leftover-unlock_kernel.patch added to -mm tree

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 10:52:41PM +0100, John Kacur wrote:

> > > I already have an equivalent patch in the MIPS kernel - Linus only needs
> > > to finally pull ...
> > > 
> > 
> > I didn't see such a patch in yesterday's linux-next..

I only have stuff to be pulled for 2.6.33 on my -next tree.  Anything for
2.6.32 was in another tree.

> Linus picked-up Ralf's version of the patch for 2.6.32-rc6
> a22d621c80fb08f668ae3bfe62aeaae64b0b2b89
> 
> That has the important part that removes the stray unlock_kernel, but
> unfortunately doesn't remove the smp_lock.h header.
> 
> So, the last patch is just a clean-up. (no urgency).
> 
> >From ae20d9169893112daaad1dc3af9f8559003a2bfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:15:55 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Remove BKL header.
> 
> Now that the bkl has been removed, also remove the smp_lock.h include

In fact every single use of <linux/smp_lock.h> in arch/mips/ is unnecessary;
see patch for 2.6.33 in

http://www.linux-mips.org/git?p=upstream-sfr.git;a=commit;h=defde8dd822ddbab4ea1f8d2f5831e693bc75ad4

  Ralf
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