linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/9] BKL conversion in TTY drivers

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Date:	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:02:28 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/9] BKL conversion in TTY drivers

> Are you more worried that the interface conversion (patches 1-8)
> can introduce bugs and make your life harder, or that the mutex
> based implementation from patch 9 causes problems that were previously
> hidden by other bugs?

It doesn't really make any difference to me - I'm either removing the BKL
or the BKM.

Alan
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