Re: [PATCH] IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs_open()

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Jun 30 2008 - 18:56:00 EST


On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:43:20 -0700
Roland Dreier <rdreier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is this sort of patch the next step in the BKL-removal plan? Is now
> an appropriate time to send such things?
>
> If this looks good to you I will do a careful audit of the rest of
> drivers/infiniband/core and send you a few more similar patches.

That's the general idea: audit the code where the BKL appears and
remove it when it's safe to do so. It's always an appropriate time;
the only question is whether you think this change is good to go into
the tree for 2.6.27, or whether it should hang out in linux-next for
one more cycle. I would assume that the extra time would not be
necessary.

Thanks,

jon
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/