linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] doc fix - brlock was removed in the 3.13 kernel series

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Date:	Thu, 25 Dec 2014 09:42:30 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
CC:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc fix - brlock was removed in the 3.13 kernel series

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On 12/25/2014 06:29 AM, Nicholas Mc Guire wrote:
> The brlock was completely removed in the 3.13 kernel series. see
> commit 0f6ed63b1707 ("no need to keep brlock macros anymore...")
> 
> It seems that documentation in seqlock.h was not updated to
> reflect this. This patch drops the (hopefully last) false brlock
> reference. All remaining references to brlock refer to byte-range
> locks (notably in cifs) and not to "Big Reader Lock" and should be
> correct.
> 
> patch is against 3.19.0-rc1 linux-next
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

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