Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:29:02 +0200 (CEST) | From | John Kacur <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/7] logfs: push down BKL into ioctl function |
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, John Kacur wrote: > > > > You can ask Linus whether he'll take a convert unlocked_ioctl now or not. > > Absolutely not. > > I could imagine merging something like just the bkl_ioctl rename: if it > breaks, it won't compile, so there is little risk, and _if_ it helps the > next merge window I could merge it early. > > But it looks like people are trying to avoid it entirely, and there is not > a way in *hell* I will take some big and scary "push BKL down" patch that > is clearly _not_ 99% mechanical and clearly _can_ introduce major and > subtle bugs while compiling. >
Heh, that's exactly what I thought you would say, but still good to clarify it for everyone.
John
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