linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] BKL removal follow-up

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Date:	Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:34:39 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nathan Laredo <laredo@....org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <alessioigorbogani@...il.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] BKL removal follow-up

  Hi,

On Wed 17-11-10 16:26:52, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> It seems the v4l and udf code has been worked out now and patches
> to kill the BKL there are finally making it upstream.
> 
> As promised, here are the patches I did since the kernel summit
> to turn off the BKL by default. Given that -rc2 is out now, I don't
> know how much of these you still want for 2.6.37, so just pick
> the ones you like and I'll send a pull request for the rest
> once the 2.6.38 merge window opens.
  Just for info, UDF BKL removal patches seem to work fine but I want to
give them some final SMP testing on Monday before pushing them to -next.
I'm not sure how much people hurry with disabling the lock so if I should
push them ASAP or whether the next merge window is fine...

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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