linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] input: remove BKL from mousedev

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Message-Id: <201003092105.55102.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:05:54 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] input: remove BKL from mousedev

On Tuesday 09 March 2010, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> There's no need for BKL in mousedev. It uses lots of locking already
> that should handle the open case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

I actually have the same ones in
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/arnd/playground.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/bkl-removal
(yes, that's broken), so I'd really like to see them go in.

	Arnd
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