From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759392AbYESPYh (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2008 11:24:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752435AbYESPY3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2008 11:24:29 -0400 Received: from earthlight.etchedpixels.co.uk ([81.2.110.250]:60599 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751966AbYESPY2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2008 11:24:28 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:12:24 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Andi Kleen Cc: Christoph Hellwig , corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/11] Add unlocked_fasync Message-ID: <20080519161224.030b82c3@core> In-Reply-To: <483191F9.3010706@firstfloor.org> References: <20080519231.561421028@firstfloor.org> <20080519123111.97C0C1B41FF@basil.firstfloor.org> <20080519140339.GB24267@infradead.org> <483191F9.3010706@firstfloor.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:43:05 +0200 Andi Kleen wrote: > > > I'd rather do a properly flag day and move lock_kernel into the > > instances instead of adding this _unlocked gunk. > > I've considered that, but it's a bit too many fasync instances > all over the tree, so I chose this method. If I can do all the watchdog drivers in one go then we can do all the fasync interfaces in one go. It isn't that hard other than making sure people didn't hide them in odd places on platforms not usually built. Alan