linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] autofs: Pushdown the bkl from ioctl

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Message-ID: <4BF4445F.9040104@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 13:04:47 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Autofs <autofs@...ux.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] autofs: Pushdown the bkl from ioctl

On 05/19/2010 12:03 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>>
>> But it's not ... it is locked at that point.  It's not lock*ing*, but it
>> is not *unlocked*, either.  Furthermore, it is directly contradicting
>> the naming scheme of the ops structure.
>>
> 
> Would you prefer me to resend a patch?
> 

Yes, that would be my preference.

We really need to set a date to kill off autofs3 completely -- I don't
care if we rename anything or not -- and add it to feature-removal.txt.

	-hpa
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