netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/7] x25: remove the BKL

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Date:	Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:16:22 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andrew.hendry@...il.com,
	linux-x25@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] x25: remove the BKL

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Wed,  2 Mar 2011 00:13:09 +0100

> This replaces all instances of lock_kernel in x25
> with lock_sock, taking care to release the socket
> lock around sleeping functions (sock_alloc_send_skb
> and skb_recv_datagram). It is not clear whether
> this is a correct solution, but it seem to be what
> other protocols do in the same situation.
> 
> Includes a fix suggested by Eric Dumazet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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