Re: [PATCH] [0/18] Implement some low hanging BKL removal fruit in fs/*

2008-01-27 Thread Andi Kleen
> BTW. here is a patch I did a while back for minix. I know it isn't > a big deal, but the work is done so I guess I should send it along. Looks safe, although I'm surprised it actually gets around with such little locking in general. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

Re: [PATCH] [0/18] Implement some low hanging BKL removal fruit in fs/*

2008-01-27 Thread Nick Piggin
On Sunday 27 January 2008 13:17, Andi Kleen wrote: > [Andrew: I believe this is -mm material for .25] > > - Convert some more file systems (generally those who don't use the BKL > for anything except mount) to use unlocked_bkl. > - Implement BKL less fasync (see patch for the rationale) > This is

Re: [PATCH] [0/18] Implement some low hanging BKL removal fruit in fs/*

2008-01-27 Thread Nick Piggin
On Sunday 27 January 2008 13:17, Andi Kleen wrote: [Andrew: I believe this is -mm material for .25] - Convert some more file systems (generally those who don't use the BKL for anything except mount) to use unlocked_bkl. - Implement BKL less fasync (see patch for the rationale) This is

Re: [PATCH] [0/18] Implement some low hanging BKL removal fruit in fs/*

2008-01-27 Thread Andi Kleen
BTW. here is a patch I did a while back for minix. I know it isn't a big deal, but the work is done so I guess I should send it along. Looks safe, although I'm surprised it actually gets around with such little locking in general. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line

[PATCH] [0/18] Implement some low hanging BKL removal fruit in fs/*

2008-01-26 Thread Andi Kleen
[Andrew: I believe this is -mm material for .25] - Convert some more file systems (generally those who don't use the BKL for anything except mount) to use unlocked_bkl. - Implement BKL less fasync (see patch for the rationale) This is currently a separate entry point, but since the number of

[PATCH] [0/18] Implement some low hanging BKL removal fruit in fs/*

2008-01-26 Thread Andi Kleen
[Andrew: I believe this is -mm material for .25] - Convert some more file systems (generally those who don't use the BKL for anything except mount) to use unlocked_bkl. - Implement BKL less fasync (see patch for the rationale) This is currently a separate entry point, but since the number of