Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Aug 2009 03:20:01 +0200 | From | Frederic Weisbecker <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.31-rc4-rt1 |
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 05:42:32PM -0700, Darren Hart wrote: > 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.
Yeah, I just had to register. I'm an idiot.
Thanks!
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