Re: Full hostlock pushdown available

Andi Kleen
2010-10-28T21:50:21Z

> To put this upstream, I need the single commit (with changelog and
> signoff). Otherwise the series won't bisect. Murphys law says that if
> I apply an unbisectable series like this, all the kernel bisections in
> the next few months will end up in here, and I'll take a huge amount of
> flack ...

I expect even without the locking it should be safe enough for a bisect
test. Not for production of course. And most drivers don't really
need the lock anyways so they are safe in any case.

An alternative would be to use a different lock around the call
temporary during the series and drop it again at the end.

-Andi

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