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DateWed, 7 May 2008 14:59:49 +0100
FromAlan Cox <>
SubjectRe: AIM7 40% regression with 2.6.26-rc1
On Wed, 07 May 2008 13:00:14 +0200
Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:

> "Zhang, Yanmin" <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com> writes:
> > 3) Caller of lcok_kernel are sys_fcntl/vfs_ioctl/tty_release/chrdev_open.
> 
> I have an older patchkit that introduced unlocked_fnctl for some cases. It was 
> briefly in mm but then dropped. Sounds like it is worth resurrecting?
> 
> tty_* is being taken care of by Alan.

The tty open/close paths are probably a few months away from dropping the
BKL.

Alan


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