From: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
To: "Jörn Engel" <joern@logfs.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>,
lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Jan Blunck <jblunck@gmail.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] logfs: push down BKL into ioctl function
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:27:19 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1004271725490.3318@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100427150919.GB16794@logfs.org>
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Tue, 27 April 2010 17:05:50 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tuesday 27 April 2010, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > > On Tue, 27 April 2010 16:24:19 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure that logfs doesn't rely on the BKL, but right now,
> > > > we're just pushing it down.
> > >
> > > So why do you create logfs_unlocked_ioctl in the first place? ;)
> >
> > I don't want to get caught in discussions on whether any of my patches
> > might introduce silent bugs in something I'm not maintaining. Also
> > to put pressure on maintainers by threatening them to make their code
> > ugly.
> >
> > If you just add a patch to convert to ->unlocked_ioctl without
> > the BKL, we can drop this patch ;-)
>
> I guess that's threatening enough. Is this for the next merge window or
> still the current one?
>
Hasn't the "current" merge window been over with for weeks? I was assuming
that bkl push down, or other bkl patches are for the next merge window.
You can ask Linus whether he'll take a convert unlocked_ioctl now or not.
John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-27 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-27 9:18 [PATCH 00/10] bkl: pushdowns from Arnd, and compile fixes John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 01/10] dvb: push down BKL into ioctl functions John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 02/10] scsi: " John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 03/10] bkl: Fix up compile problems in megaraid from bkl push-down John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 04/10] bkl: Fix missing inode tw_chrdev_ioctl due to bkl pushdown John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 05/10] bkl: Fix missing inode in twl_chrdev_ioctl resulting from " John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 06/10] isdn: push down BKL into ioctl functions John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 07/10] staging: " John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 08/10] v4l: always use unlocked_ioctl John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 09/10] drivers: push down BKL into various drivers John Kacur
2010-04-27 9:18 ` [PATCH 10/10] bkl: Fix-up compile problems as a result of the bkl-pushdown John Kacur
2010-04-27 11:17 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 11:54 ` John Kacur
2010-04-27 13:03 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-28 12:24 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2010-04-28 12:37 ` Hans Verkuil
2010-04-28 12:37 ` Hans Verkuil
2010-04-28 13:02 ` Laurent Pinchart
2010-04-28 14:46 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2010-04-28 14:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2010-04-28 21:52 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-29 3:42 ` [PATCH 0/5] Pushdown bkl from v4l ioctls Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-29 6:44 ` Hans Verkuil
2010-04-29 7:10 ` Laurent Pinchart
2010-04-29 7:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-05-01 9:55 ` Hans Verkuil
2010-05-01 10:47 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-05-01 14:58 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-05-01 11:11 ` Alan Cox
2010-04-29 3:42 ` [PATCH 1/5] v4l: Pushdown bkl into video_ioctl2 Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-29 3:42 ` [PATCH 2/5] v4l: Use video_ioctl2_unlocked from drivers that don't want the bkl Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-29 3:42 ` [PATCH 3/5] v4l: Change users of video_ioctl2 to use unlocked_ioctl Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-29 3:42 ` [PATCH 4/5] v4l: Pushdown bkl to drivers that implement their own ioctl Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-29 3:42 ` [PATCH 5/5] v4l: Remove struct v4l2_file_operations::ioctl Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-27 11:31 ` [PATCH 00/10] bkl: pushdowns from Arnd, and compile fixes Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 12:19 ` John Kacur
2010-04-27 12:41 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-27 14:24 ` [PATCH 0/6] BKL pushdown into ioctl, continued Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 14:24 ` [PATCH 1/7] logfs: push down BKL into ioctl function Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 14:32 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 14:58 ` Jörn Engel
2010-04-27 15:05 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 15:09 ` Jörn Engel
2010-04-27 15:27 ` John Kacur [this message]
2010-04-27 15:32 ` Jörn Engel
2010-04-27 15:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 20:12 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-27 20:30 ` [PATCH] logfs: kill BKL Arnd Bergmann
2010-05-19 12:51 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-27 15:36 ` [PATCH 1/7] logfs: push down BKL into ioctl function Linus Torvalds
2010-04-27 16:29 ` John Kacur
2010-04-27 19:59 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-27 14:24 ` [PATCH 2/7] hfsplus: " Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 14:24 ` [PATCH 3/7] cris: push down BKL into some device drivers Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 17:22 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-30 7:53 ` Jesper Nilsson
2010-05-17 2:51 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-27 14:24 ` [PATCH 4/7] sn_hwperf: kill BKL usage Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 14:24 ` [PATCH 5/7] um/mmapper: remove " Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 14:24 ` [PATCH 6/7] coda/psdev: remove BKL from ioctl function Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 14:24 ` [PATCH 7/7] smbfs: push down BKL into " Arnd Bergmann
2010-04-27 12:40 ` [PATCH 00/10] bkl: pushdowns from Arnd, and compile fixes Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-27 12:51 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2010-04-28 21:18 ` Frederic Weisbecker
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