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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation
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    On Mer, 2005-12-14 at 12:08 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
    > 1) the BKL change hasn't finished, and we're 5 years down the line. API
    > changes done gradual tend to take forever in practice, esp if there's no
    > "compile" incentive for people to fix things.

    This isn't a "fix" however, its merely a performance tweak. Drivers
    using the old API are not a problem because

    a) The old API is needed long term for true counting sem users
    b) Its a minor performance hit at most

    Thats rather different to the BKL

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