linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] logfs: push down BKL into ioctl function

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1004270833530.3739@i5.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:36:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
cc:	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] logfs: push down BKL into ioctl function

On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, John Kacur wrote:
>
> You can ask Linus whether he'll take a convert unlocked_ioctl now or not.

Absolutely not.

I could imagine merging something like just the bkl_ioctl rename: if it 
breaks, it won't compile, so there is little risk, and _if_ it helps the 
next merge window I could merge it early.

But it looks like people are trying to avoid it entirely, and there is not 
a way in *hell* I will take some big and scary "push BKL down" patch that 
is clearly _not_ 99% mechanical and clearly _can_ introduce major and 
subtle bugs while compiling. 

			Linus
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