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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change x86 Machine check handler to use unlocked_iocl instead of ioctl
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:05:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080109060528.GA8202@one.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4785B342.2070501@suse.de>

On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 11:25:14AM +0530, Nikanth Karthikesan wrote:
> The Machine check handler registers ioctl handler that is called
> with the BKL held. Changing to register unlocked_ioctl instead.
> Also mce ioctl handler does not seem to need any lock protection.

Thanks, but I already did that here on my own.

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-09  6:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-09  5:51 [PATCH] Change x86 Machine check handler to use unlocked_iocl instead Nikanth Karthikesan
2008-01-09  6:05 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-01-09 10:20 ` [PATCH] Change x86 Machine check handler to use unlocked_iocl Ingo Molnar

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