Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:18:10 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Missing BKL in sys_chroot() for 2.6 |
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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.
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