Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:46:31 -0800 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: global kernel lock |
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 16:29:50 +0000 From: Jamie Lokier <lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
On Sat, Nov 14, 1998 at 02:08:25AM +1100, Richard Gooch wrote: > - - does anyone have removing this on their ToDo for 2.3?
I noticed things like lock_kernel() in munmap for example, and in the page fault handler of some architectures (but not i386). Given the semaphores and so there do seem to be more lock_kernel()s than I'd expect.
I removed them from the sparc page fault handlers a few weeks ago, and I merged that into 2.1.127 I thought, if not the next merge will get that.
They were certainly in there by mistake, and if other ports still have them the maintainers should follow the lead of x86/sparc/etc.
Later, David S. Miller davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com
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