Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:13:21 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.33-git |
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* Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > earth4:~/tip> git checkout linus > > Date: Fri Dec 11 20:58:20 2009 -0800 > > earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l > > 841 > > > > we grew the (absolute) number of BKL sites by ~15%. Certainly the kernel grew > > at a much faster rate, so the relative proportion of the BKL shrunk. > > Thats actually very misleading. [...]
Somewhat, so i qualified it with the next paragraph:
> > Also, a lot of BKL use was hidden before, and due to the BKL removal > > activities (by Thomas, Frederic, Jon, Alan and others) the remaining BKL > > using sites are a lot more well defined, a lot more isolated and thus a > > lot more removable than ever before.
Thanks,
Ingo
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