Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:17:58 +1000 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [patch] remove the BKL (Big Kernel Lock), this time for real |
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Ingo Molnar wrote:
> code using lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() will see very similar semantics > as they got from the BKL, so correctness should be fully preserved. > Per-CPU assumptions still work, locking exclusion and lock-recursion > still works the same way as it did with the BKL. >
Hi Ingo,
One change is that lock_kernel now sleeps, while it previously didn't, I think?
Is this going to be a problem? Or have you checked the remaining bkl users to ensure this is OK? Am I on drugs? :)
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