Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] -- filesystems.c::sys_nfsservctl | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | 13 Feb 2002 22:26:35 +0100 |
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>>>>> " " == Craig Christophel <merlin@transgeek.com> writes:
> Ok guys get ready to flame me.... > The attached patch removes the lock/unlock in this function. > Now I am 80% > sure of this one, but would like a word from the kmod > maintainer about whether request_module needs the BKL or not. > do_nfsservctl already takes the BKL inside the function so as > long as request_module is safe this pair can be removed -- > effectively making do_nfsservctl responsible for it's own > locking scheme.
What would remain to protect 'nfsd_linkage' if you removed the BKL?
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