Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 04 Jul 2002 17:08:08 -0700 | From | Dave Hansen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] remove BKL from driverfs |
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Alexander Viro wrote: > > On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Dave Hansen wrote: > >>CC'ing Al for comments... >> >>Greg KH wrote: >> >>>bleah, a proliferation of a zillion little spinlocks all across the >>>kernel is not my idea of fun :( >> >>A zillion locks each with a single purpose is a lot more fun than 1 >>lock with a zillion different uses. > > Wrong. It's fun if you are into taking a turd and turning it into a thin film > spread over all available surfaces. The former has a chance to be removed. > The latter is hopeless. > > "Zillion little spinlocks" means that kernel is scaled into oblivion. > Literally. If you want to play with resulting body - feel free, but > I like it less kinky. >
So, can we remove the spread in this case?
-- Dave Hansen haveblue@us.ibm.com
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