linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] proc/pci: kill BKL

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Date:	Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:33:06 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] proc/pci: kill BKL

On Sun,  4 Jul 2010 00:02:28 +0200
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:

> All operations in the pci procfs ioctl functions are
> atomic, so no lock is needed here.
> 
> Also add a compat_ioctl method, since all the commands
> are compatible in 32 bit mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
> ---

Oops, I had assumed this was going through some master 'kill the bkl'
tree.  Applied to my linux-next branch now though, sorry for the delay.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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