Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Jul 2002 19:58:22 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] remove BKL from driverfs |
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On Thu, 4 Jul 2002, Dave Hansen wrote:
> CC'ing Al for comments... > > Greg KH wrote: > > bleah, a proliferation of a zillion little spinlocks all across the > > kernel is not my idea of fun :( > > A zillion locks each with a single purpose is a lot more fun than 1 > lock with a zillion different uses.
Wrong. It's fun if you are into taking a turd and turning it into a thin film spread over all available surfaces. The former has a chance to be removed. The latter is hopeless.
"Zillion little spinlocks" means that kernel is scaled into oblivion. Literally. If you want to play with resulting body - feel free, but I like it less kinky.
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