| Date | Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:42:32 -0700 | From | Darren Hart <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.31-rc4-rt1 |
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Frederic Weisbecker wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 02:48:04AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> Further plans: >> >> 1) We seriously want to tackle the elimination of the PREEMPT_RT >> annoyance #1, aka BKL. The Big Kernel Lock is still used in ~330 >> files all across the kernel. A lot of work has been done already to >> push down the lock into the code which still thinks it needs to be >> protected by it. Some work has been done already in the (a little >> bit stale) kill-the-BKL and core/kill-the-BKL branches of the -tip >> git tree. If you want to help, please check those branches whether >> the code has been tackled already or not to avoid redundant >> work. If you decide to take care of one please note it on: >> >> http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Big_Kernel_Lock > > > We (I) can't write to this file :) > > However, I'll try to attack the remaining bkl that resides in tty...
I took a look at the perms, then the history - looks like you sorted it out.
-- Darren Hart IBM Linux Technology Center Real-Time Linux Team
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