From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove BKL from PCI syscalls
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:14:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070710231424.GA17508@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070710165532.GP9704@parisc-linux.org>
On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 10:55:32AM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>
> Remove use of the BKL from the PCI syscalls. It was protecting against
> PCI device removal. By taking a reference (using pci_get_slot), we
> ensure the device will not be removed while we're using it, and can
> remove the BKL.
>
> While I'm in this file, update the comment at the top to reflect the
> status of the syscalls.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
What tree did you make this against? I get the following errors trying
to apply it to my pci tree:
Applying patch pci-remove-bkl-from-pci-syscalls.patch
patching file drivers/pci/syscall.c
Hunk #2 FAILED at 28.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 65.
Hunk #5 FAILED at 83.
Hunk #6 FAILED at 102.
Hunk #7 FAILED at 138.
5 out of 7 hunks FAILED -- rejects in file drivers/pci/syscall.c
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-10 23:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-10 16:55 [PATCH] Remove BKL from PCI syscalls Matthew Wilcox
2007-07-10 23:14 ` Greg KH [this message]
2007-07-10 23:36 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-07-10 23:42 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-07-10 23:49 ` Greg KH
2007-07-11 0:16 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-07-11 0:30 ` Greg KH
2007-07-11 20:20 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-07-11 20:59 ` Greg KH
2007-07-13 10:35 ` Alan Cox
2007-07-19 19:05 ` Matthew Wilcox
2007-07-19 23:22 ` Alan Cox
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