From: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
autofs mailing list <autofs@linux.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs4 - remove ioctl mutex
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:05:46 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1291608346.9376.7.camel@perseus> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinaxtTZzWymJfXv2=HBgya2MJ3m21myjMZQ_rxT@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, 2010-12-05 at 19:55 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net> wrote:
> > With the recent changes to remove the BKL a mutex was added to the
> > ioctl entry point for calls to the old ioctl interface. This mutex
> > needs to be removed because of the need for the expire ioctl to call
> > back to the daemon to perform a umount and receive a completion
> > status (via another ioctl).
> >
> > This should be fine as the new ioctl interface uses much of the same
> > code and it has been used without a mutex for around a year without
> > issue, as was the original intention.
>
> Sign-off?
Oops, sorry.
Would you like me to re-send after asking those concerned if I can add
their sign-off, and adding mine of course?
Ian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-06 4:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-06 3:51 [PATCH] autofs4 - remove ioctl mutex Ian Kent
2010-12-06 3:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-12-06 4:05 ` Ian Kent [this message]
2010-12-06 16:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-12-06 8:41 ` Arnd Bergmann
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