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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Missing BKL in sys_chroot() for 2.6


On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Phy Prabab wrote:
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> > 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.

Linus
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