From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Dmitri Vorobiev <dmitri.vorobiev@movial.fi>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [MIPS] DS1286: kill BKL
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:39:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081027113948.GA13085@linux-mips.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1225106948-30550-1-git-send-email-dmitri.vorobiev@movial.fi>
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 01:29:08PM +0200, Dmitri Vorobiev wrote:
> Using the Big Kernel Lock in the open() method of the DS1286
> RTC driver is redundant, because the driver makes use of it's
> own spinlock to guarantee serialized access. This patch kills
> the redundant BKL calls.
I'm about to kill the BKL in the driver even more thoroughly - by killing
the entire driver.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-27 11:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-27 11:29 [PATCH] [MIPS] DS1286: kill BKL Dmitri Vorobiev
2008-10-27 11:39 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
2008-10-27 11:53 ` Dmitri Vorobiev
2008-10-27 13:19 ` [PATCH] CHAR: Delete old and now unused DS1286 driver Ralf Baechle
2008-10-29 21:02 ` Dmitri Vorobiev
2008-10-27 13:19 ` [PATCH] CHAR: Delete old and now unused M48T35 RTC driver for SGI IP27 Ralf Baechle
2008-10-29 21:02 ` Dmitri Vorobiev
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