Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Jan 2007 08:32:26 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [patch] block: remove BKL dependency from drivers/block/loop.c |
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On Wed, Dec 27 2006, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Subject: [patch] block: remove BKL dependency from drivers/block/loop.c > From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> > > the block loopback device is protected by lo->lo_ctl_mutex and it does > not need to hold the BKL anywhere. Convert its ioctl to unlocked_ioctl > and remove the BKL acquire/release from its compat_ioctl. > > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
-- Jens Axboe
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