From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:14:24 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove BKL from PCI syscalls Message-Id: <20070710231424.GA17508@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20070710165532.GP9704@parisc-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <20070710165532.GP9704@parisc-linux.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.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 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