Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:46:26 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.33-git |
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On Sun, 13 Dec 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > In the last ~4.5 years: > > earth4:~/tip> git checkout v2.6.12 > Date: Fri Jun 17 12:48:29 2005 -0700 > earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l > 713 > > earth4:~/tip> git checkout linus > Date: Fri Dec 11 20:58:20 2009 -0800 > earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l > 841
Git hint of the day: you don't need to check out a kernel to do "git grep".
Do this:
git grep -w unlock_kernel v2.6.12 | wc
and it will JustWork(tm).
> 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.
That's the main thing. We've been pushing them down a lot.
We still have a few annoying core ones, though. I hate the execve() and file locking ones.
Linus
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