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    SubjectRe: [Announce] BKL shifting into drivers and filesystems - beware
    Alexander Viro wrote:
    >
    > What is going to happen:
    >
    > * ->release() will be called without BKL. You need it - you take it.
    > I've added lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() in all dubious instances of
    > ->release().

    The pipe implementation doesn't require the BKL - you can remove the
    lock_kernel calls from fs/pipe.c and fs/fifo.c.

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    Manfred

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