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SubjectRe: BKL: Remove BKL from Squashfs
On Tue, Nov 10, Phillip Lougher wrote:

> Phillip Lougher wrote:
>
> >This patch was prompted by Jan Blunck's "Push down BKL to the
> >filesystems" patch
> >series, where he firstly pushes the BKL down to individual filesystems
> >(even if they don't need it) , and then successively removes them
> >(on a one patch per filesystem basis) in later patches.
> >
> >The patch should be reviewed in the context that it is intended for Jan's
> >BKL removal patch series.
> >
>
> Jan and/or Matthew,
>
> Can you please ACK this patch, and say whether you're going to
> add it to your BKL patch series? (I'm happy for it to go through
> there, rather than my Squashfs tree).
>
> After reviewing your patches, it seems to me that the BKL isn't
> needed in Squashfs. You removed it from 23 filesystems because
> it's not protecting any shared state, on that basis it isn't needed
> needed in Squashfs either.

Yes, I'll do this through my patch series. I'll rework the series a bit and
will repost it soon.

Thanks,
Jan

--
Jan Blunck <jblunck@suse.de>


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