linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/12] cris: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex

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Date:	Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:05 +0200
From:	Jesper Nilsson <Jesper.Nilsson@...s.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	linux-cris-kernel <linux-cris-kernel@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/12] cris: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private
	mutex

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:18:58PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, added to the cris-tree.

/^JN - Jesper Nilsson
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