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SubjectRe: [patch] block: remove BKL dependency from drivers/block/loop.c
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>

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Jens Axboe

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