From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] block: BKL removal, version 4
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:36:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C34D74A.4060308@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1278514289-21054-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de>
On 07/07/10 16.51, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> This series removes the big kernel lock from the common
> block layer code by pushing it into the individual
> device drivers.
>
> This version incorporates further changes to address
> comments from Christoph Hellwig and Sam Ravnborg,
> many thanks for the valuable feedback!
>
> I'd like to get this into 2.6.36 in order to remove
> the BKL from all the core kernel code.
>
> Once Christoph is happy with the series, in particular
> the third patch, I'd like to add it to linux-next
> for broader testing, preferrably though Jens Axboe's
> linux-2.6-block.git tree.
I'll go over each one tomorrow and add the series. Thanks
a lot for getting this done!
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-07 19:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-07 14:51 [PATCH 0/7] block: BKL removal, version 4 Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 14:51 ` [PATCH 1/7] scsi/i2o_block: cleanup ioctl handling Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 14:51 ` [PATCH 2/7] block: push down BKL into .locked_ioctl Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 8:36 ` Jens Axboe
2010-07-08 11:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 14:51 ` [PATCH 3/7] block: push down BKL into .open and .release Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 8:41 ` Jens Axboe
2010-07-08 11:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 14:51 ` [PATCH 4/7] block: push BKL into blktrace ioctls Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 14:51 ` [PATCH 5/7] block: remove BKL from BLKROSET and BLKFLSBUF Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 14:51 ` [PATCH 6/7] block: remove BKL from partition ioctls Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 14:51 ` [PATCH 7/7] scsi/sd: remove big kernel lock Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-07 16:44 ` [PATCH 0/7] block: BKL removal, version 4 Christoph Hellwig
2010-07-07 19:36 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2010-07-07 20:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 8:53 ` Jens Axboe
2010-07-08 12:57 ` [PATCH] scsi/i2o: restore ioctl changes Arnd Bergmann
2010-07-08 12:59 ` Jens Axboe
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