linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/20] staging/cx25721: serialize access to devlist

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Message-ID: <20110131213703.GA10438@kroah.com>
Date:	Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:37:03 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	Palash Bandyopadhyay <palash.bandyopadhyay@...exant.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/20] staging/cx25721: serialize access to devlist

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:17:18PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Out of the three files accessing the device list,
> one uses a mutex, one uses the BKL and one does
> not have any locking. That is of course pointless,
> so let's make all of them use the same mutex,
> and get rid of one more BKL user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>

Mauro, you will take this one, right?  If so, please add:
	Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
to it.

If not, please let me know and I will take it myself.

thanks,

greg k-h
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