linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/20] BKL: Remove BKL from cgroup

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Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:24:30 -0800
From:	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
To:	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux-Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, jkacur@...hat.com,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, matthew@....cx,
	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/20] BKL: Remove BKL from cgroup

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de> wrote:
> The BKL is only used in remount_fs and get_sb that are both protected by
> the superblocks s_umount rw_semaphore. Therefore it is safe to remove the
> BKL entirely.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>

Acked-by: Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
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