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SubjectRe: global kernel lock
   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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