linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] mtd: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex

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Message-Id: <201009151101.01989.arnd@arndb.de>
Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:01:01 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	dedekind1@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] mtd: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex

On Wednesday 15 September 2010, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> Looks good, are you going to merge them all yourself or you want this to
> go via the mtd tree?

Either way is fine for me. If it goes into the mtd tree, I'll drop
it from my series.

	Arnd
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