Re: [PATCH 0/7] block: BKL removal, version 4

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed Jul 07 2010 - 15:36:52 EST


On 07/07/10 16.51, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> This series removes the big kernel lock from the common
> block layer code by pushing it into the individual
> device drivers.
>
> This version incorporates further changes to address
> comments from Christoph Hellwig and Sam Ravnborg,
> many thanks for the valuable feedback!
>
> I'd like to get this into 2.6.36 in order to remove
> the BKL from all the core kernel code.
>
> Once Christoph is happy with the series, in particular
> the third patch, I'd like to add it to linux-next
> for broader testing, preferrably though Jens Axboe's
> linux-2.6-block.git tree.

I'll go over each one tomorrow and add the series. Thanks
a lot for getting this done!

--
Jens Axboe

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