Re: [PATCH, RFC] Remove fasync() BKL usage, take 3325

Jonathan Corbet
2009-01-28T03:57:52Z

On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:14:39 +0100
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> wrote:

> I'll try to make the patch tomorrow, but the problem is that I am not
> sure this is not too ugly.

FWIW, I'm partway through a new attempt using bitops for f_flags, moving
FASYNC flag handling into fasync_helper(), and doing away with
additional locks altogether. I have to get past the publication
deadline before I can finish it, though.

jon