linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/10] bkl: pushdowns from Arnd, and compile fixes

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Message-ID: <20100428211853.GB6037@nowhere>
Date:	Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:18:56 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] bkl: pushdowns from Arnd, and compile fixes

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:18:08AM +0200, John Kacur wrote:
> These are bkl pushdowns from Arnd that conflicted with
> Linus's "Preparation for BKL'ed ioctl removal patch". I fixed-up the merge
> conflicts. In addition - during allyesconfig compile testing on x86_64 I found
> a number of issues that I fixed-up
> 
> I pushed these to my own new linus-bkl tree.
> git://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkacur/jk-2.6.git linux-bkl
> 
> Frederic, if you want to grab those, pls do so. also, we might want to combine
> my compile fixes with Arnd's push-down patches, for better git bisectability.
> 
> Presented separately here for everyone's easy perusal.
> 
> Arnd Bergmann (6):
>   dvb: push down BKL into ioctl functions
>   scsi: push down BKL into ioctl functions
>   isdn: push down BKL into ioctl functions
>   staging: push down BKL into ioctl functions
>   v4l: always use unlocked_ioctl
>   drivers: push down BKL into various drivers
> 
> John Kacur (4):
>   bkl: Fix up compile problems in megaraid from bkl push-down
>   bkl: Fix missing inode tw_chrdev_ioctl due to bkl pushdown
>   bkl: Fix missing inode in twl_chrdev_ioctl resulting from bkl
>     pushdown
>   bkl: Fix-up compile problems as a result of the bkl-pushdown.


Applied the series in bkl/ioctl, except the staging part that went
to Greg's tree and the v4l part for which Linus had concerns.

I haven't pushed your fixes separately but merged them into
the concerned arnd's patches with your SOB added.

It passed allyesconfig in sparc.

Thanks.

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