linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] block: push down BKL into .open and .release

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Date:	Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:27:11 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	"Linux/m68k" <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] block: push down BKL into .open and .release

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 19:33, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:01:46 +0200
> Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
>> Lot's of other places could benefit from improved goto error handling.
>> The driver maintainers should do this (if there is a maintainer).
>> I stopped with the small replacement patches.
>
> it's the floppy driver for amigas
> not sure if any of those are still alive at all running linux.....

Sure there are. Whether the floppy drives in them are still actively used is
another question. SSH and NFS over Ethernet are much more convenient ;-)

Last time I tried (hmm, this or previous century?), my floppy drive had problems
reading the floppy, probably my drive is dying. Oh well...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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