linux-kernel - Re: Remove last BKL leftover: lock

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Message-ID: <20110506211925.GA20111@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Fri, 6 May 2011 23:19:25 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: Remove last BKL leftover: lock_depth

On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 02:11:14PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri,  6 May 2011 14:05:24 -0700
> Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> 
> > I noticed the BKL task->lock_depth field was there with various users.
> > But they all don't need it anymore because the BKL is gone.
> > Fix up all the users and then finally remove the field.
> > 
> > This patchkit only removes code.
> 
> Patches in Ingo's tree from Jon Corbet have done this removal.

Ok thanks.  I was wondering why noone had done it.

-Andi
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