Re: [PATCH] scsi/st: remove BKL from open

Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-30T18:50:15Z

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:51:38PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The st_open function is serialized through the st_dev_arr_lock
> and the STp->in_use flag, so there is no race that the BKL
> can protect against in the driver itself, and the function
> does not access any global state outside of the driver that
> might be protected with the BKL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---

Kai, can we get your ack on this?

Thanks.