Re: [PATCH] Missing BKL in sys_chroot() for 2.6

[Phy Prabab]

Thanks for the clarification.

Phy


--- Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Phy Prabab wrote:
> >  
> > > see what the BKL 
> > 
> > What does BKL stand for?
> 
> "big kernel lock" aka the traditional global kernel
> lock that these days 
> is not actually used that much any more. When you
> see "lock_kernel()", 
> "unlock_kernel()", that's the BKL.
> 
> 		Linus
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