Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 May 2008 16:41:46 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [1/11] Remove BKL from remote_llseek |
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> The one case in nfs_file_llseek() where we might care is the call to > nfs_revalidate_file_size() ('cos I still haven't finished auditing BKL > dependencies in the inode attributes). However that case should already > be covered without introducing any new lock_kernel/unlock_kernel calls > since __nfs_revalidate_inode() already grabs the BKL.
Thanks. I'll keep it for now with the explicit lock_kernel() and when you're finished your audit and the patches are in before you can just remove them yourself. I guess that's the best way to handle it.
-Andi
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