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    SubjectRe: [patch] sched: fix scheduling latencies in NTFS mount
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    On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 12:35, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > this patch fixes scheduling latencies in the NTFS mount path. We are
    > dropping the BKL because the code itself is using the ntfs_lock
    > semaphore which provides safe locking.
    >
    > has been tested as part of the -VP patchset.

    Looks good. I designed the NTFS driver to not rely on the BKL at all so
    you should be able to drop it anywhere you like. (-:

    I have applied your patch to my ntfs-2.6-devel bk tree so it doesn't get
    lost.

    Thanks,

    Anton
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    Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
    Unix Support, Computing Service, University of Cambridge, CB2 3QH, UK
    Linux NTFS maintainer / IRC: #ntfs on irc.freenode.net
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