linux-kernel - Re: [GIT, RFC] Killing the Big Kernel Lock

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Message-Id: <20100324170704.7ef8b9c1.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:07:04 -0400
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, jblunck@...e.de,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [GIT, RFC] Killing the Big Kernel Lock

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:40:54 +0100 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> I've spent some time continuing the work of the people on Cc and many others
> to remove the big kernel lock from Linux

<looks inside ptrace.c>

Seems that there might be a few tricksy bits in here.  Please do push
at least the non-obvious parts out to the relevant people.

It'd be interesting to see the overall diffstat?
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