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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:35:40 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: arnd@...db.de Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jkacur@...hat.com, fweisbec@...il.com, isdn@...ux-pingi.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] isdn: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:18:53 +0200 > All these files use the big kernel lock in a trivial > way to serialize their private file operations, > typically resulting from an earlier semi-automatic > pushdown from VFS. > > None of these drivers appears to want to lock against > other code, and they all use the BKL as the top-level > lock in their file operations, meaning that there > is no lock-order inversion problem. > > Consequently, we can remove the BKL completely, > replacing it with a per-file mutex in every case. > Using a scripted approach means we can avoid > typos. ... > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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