Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:22:28 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.36 |
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On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 09:58:45PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Friday 06 August 2010 21:38:36 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I also don't want the BKL to show up in grep, even if the config > > option for it were to be impossible to enable. If we've gotten far > > enough that we can get rid of the BKL in the tty layer, we really > > should get rid of it. Not leave it in some zombie limbo state. > > Ok, I've sent the replacement patch that does this, and I'm much > happier with the outcome. > > If you apply this version, the only stronghold left for the BKL > will be fs/lockd, everything else that's left is either simple > to fix or highly obscure.
Ok, I got that one now, and am building the tree to test here before sending to Linus.
thanks,
greg k-h
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