Re: [PATCH 00/31] tty: BKL removal

[Greg KH]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 12:16:44AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 June 2010 22:52:40 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > As promised, here is a resend of the patches from
> > both Alan and myself, making the BKL optional
> > in the TTY layer. Please apply to your tty-next
> > tree.
> 
> FWIW, I've documented what I've learned about the BKL (now BTM)
> locking in the tty code, see
> http://kernelnewbies.org/BigKernelLock?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=tty_lock.png
> 
> I hope that helps in the process of killing the BTM itself.

Very cool, thanks for documenting this.  I'll queue up your patches in a
few days.

greg k-h
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