From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: arnd@arndb.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@ghostprotocols.net,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] ipx: remove the BKL
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:15:48 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110301.151548.116374357.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1299021191-17961-8-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de>
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 00:13:11 +0100
> This replaces all instances of lock_kernel in the
> IPX code with lock_sock. As far as I can tell, this
> is safe to do, because there is no global state
> that needs to be locked in IPX, and the code does
> not recursively take the lock or sleep indefinitely
> while holding it.
>
> Compile-tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-01 23:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-01 23:13 [PATCH 0/7] Final BKL removal, take 2 Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-01 23:13 ` [PATCH 1/7] staging/usbip: convert to kthread Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-01 23:13 ` [PATCH 2/7] staging/cx25721: serialize access to devlist Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-02 13:23 ` Palash Bandyopadhyay
2011-03-01 23:13 ` [PATCH 3/7] hpfs: remove the BKL Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-01 23:20 ` Andi Kleen
2011-03-01 23:13 ` [PATCH 4/7] ufs: " Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-02 14:47 ` Nick Bowler
2011-03-02 15:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-02 15:48 ` Nick Bowler
2011-03-01 23:13 ` [PATCH 5/7] x25: " Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-01 23:16 ` David Miller
2011-03-03 7:38 ` Andrew Hendry
2011-03-01 23:13 ` [PATCH 6/7] appletalk: " Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-01 23:15 ` David Miller
2011-03-01 23:13 ` [PATCH 7/7] ipx: " Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-01 23:15 ` David Miller [this message]
2011-03-02 4:59 ` [PATCH 0/7] Final BKL removal, take 2 Greg KH
2011-03-02 11:32 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-03-02 11:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-02 14:04 ` Greg KH
2011-03-02 20:32 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-03-02 21:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-03-02 22:00 ` [PATCH v2] BKL: That's all, folks Arnd Bergmann
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