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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:16:16 +0100 From: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de> To: Phillip Lougher <phillip@...gher.demon.co.uk> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, matthew@....cx, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: BKL: Remove BKL from Squashfs On Tue, Nov 10, Phillip Lougher wrote: > Phillip Lougher wrote: > > >This patch was prompted by Jan Blunck's "Push down BKL to the > >filesystems" patch > >series, where he firstly pushes the BKL down to individual filesystems > >(even if they don't need it) , and then successively removes them > >(on a one patch per filesystem basis) in later patches. > > > >The patch should be reviewed in the context that it is intended for Jan's > >BKL removal patch series. > > > > Jan and/or Matthew, > > Can you please ACK this patch, and say whether you're going to > add it to your BKL patch series? (I'm happy for it to go through > there, rather than my Squashfs tree). > > After reviewing your patches, it seems to me that the BKL isn't > needed in Squashfs. You removed it from 23 filesystems because > it's not protecting any shared state, on that basis it isn't needed > needed in Squashfs either. Yes, I'll do this through my patch series. I'll rework the series a bit and will repost it soon. Thanks, Jan -- Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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