Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.36

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Aug 06 2010 - 16:35:15 EST


On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 09:58:45PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Friday 06 August 2010 21:38:36 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > I also don't want the BKL to show up in grep, even if the config
> > option for it were to be impossible to enable. If we've gotten far
> > enough that we can get rid of the BKL in the tty layer, we really
> > should get rid of it. Not leave it in some zombie limbo state.
>
> Ok, I've sent the replacement patch that does this, and I'm much
> happier with the outcome.
>
> If you apply this version, the only stronghold left for the BKL
> will be fs/lockd, everything else that's left is either simple
> to fix or highly obscure.

Ok, I got that one now, and am building the tree to test here before
sending to Linus.

thanks,

greg k-h
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