Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:58:44 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.33-git |
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* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> We've had quite a bit of BKL work this merge-window. Maybe we'll even get > rid of it one of these days. There are "only" about 600 instances of > "lock_kernel()" in the tree right now ;)
I tend to use unlock_kernel() as the metric. (as it's more precisely greppable and it is also more indicative of the underlying complexity of locking, as it gets used more in more complex scenarios)
In the last ~4.5 years:
earth4:~/tip> git checkout v2.6.12 Date: Fri Jun 17 12:48:29 2005 -0700 earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l 713
earth4:~/tip> git checkout linus Date: Fri Dec 11 20:58:20 2009 -0800 earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l 841
we grew the (absolute) number of BKL sites by ~15%. Certainly the kernel grew at a much faster rate, so the relative proportion of the BKL shrunk.
Also, a lot of BKL use was hidden before, and due to the BKL removal activities (by Thomas, Frederic, Jon, Alan and others) the remaining BKL using sites are a lot more well defined, a lot more isolated and thus a lot more removable than ever before.
Ingo
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