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

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Date:	Sun, 21 Nov 2010 09:45:12 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Boaz Harrosh <openosd@...il.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] BKL removal follow-up

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Boaz Harrosh <openosd@...il.com> wrote:
> On 11/19/2010 01:40 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>
>> I don't think I can reasonably do it in 37, we're late enough in the
>> -rc series. So UDF and really saying 'n' to BKL by default will have
>> to be for the next merge window.
>
> Could it not default to "n" but be SELECTed by the like of UDF. Or
> that too big of a Kconfig change for 37-rcX? I understand it does
> not really buy us anything for distro's with allmodconfig style,
> but it should help with defconfig on all the other ARCH's.

Yes, I'd be ok with UDF doing a "select BKL" along with a "default n"
for BKL itself.

I think UDF currently is the only sane reason to have BKL enabled any
more, and yes, it would probably make it easier to configure things.

Tested patch?

                       Linus
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