From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755238AbYJGEYY (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:24:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750803AbYJGEYQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:24:16 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.235]:9654 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750792AbYJGEYP (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:24:15 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :mime-version:subject:date:cc:x-mailer; b=pn/aXyKZp/S3um9NI/7SAhowUWFj3yzwdzWFoMvorvB4BdcbNc5rTfjsrUmobrzWME UmDHxGCoTqLHtEgWJnVALTp+mFGSiknZ5SwyraeLX1I5IS1xXasK2ykttHuMGofzN++L +La7asqOMta5JAAwnO2BIt07BgYoO/hiB+Yls= Message-Id: From: Richard Holden To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: BKL still required for what functions? Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:24:12 -0600 Cc: mingo@elte.hu X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'm doing some driver cleanup on the ixj telephony driver, mostly copy/ paste and common code refactoring. I'm also looking at trying to get rid of the BKL from the 2 places its used, so I was wondering if we have a list of kernel calls that still require the BKL to be held, and if we don't have a list would it be worthwhile to put one into Documentation, I'd be willing to maintain the list as we removed the BKL from the last core kernel places. -Richard