Re: [PATCH 00/10] bkl: pushdowns from Arnd, and compile fixes

Frederic Weisbecker
2010-04-28T21:18:58Z

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:18:08AM +0200, John Kacur wrote:
> These are bkl pushdowns from Arnd that conflicted with
> Linus's "Preparation for BKL'ed ioctl removal patch". I fixed-up the merge
> conflicts. In addition - during allyesconfig compile testing on x86_64 I found
> a number of issues that I fixed-up
>
> I pushed these to my own new linus-bkl tree.
> git://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkacur/jk-2.6.git linux-bkl
>
> Frederic, if you want to grab those, pls do so. also, we might want to combine
> my compile fixes with Arnd's push-down patches, for better git bisectability.
>
> Presented separately here for everyone's easy perusal.
>
> Arnd Bergmann (6):
> dvb: push down BKL into ioctl functions
> scsi: push down BKL into ioctl functions
> isdn: push down BKL into ioctl functions
> staging: push down BKL into ioctl functions
> v4l: always use unlocked_ioctl
> drivers: push down BKL into various drivers
>
> John Kacur (4):
> bkl: Fix up compile problems in megaraid from bkl push-down
> bkl: Fix missing inode tw_chrdev_ioctl due to bkl pushdown
> bkl: Fix missing inode in twl_chrdev_ioctl resulting from bkl
> pushdown
> bkl: Fix-up compile problems as a result of the bkl-pushdown.

Applied the series in bkl/ioctl, except the staging part that went
to Greg's tree and the v4l part for which Linus had concerns.

I haven't pushed your fixes separately but merged them into
the concerned arnd's patches with your SOB added.

It passed allyesconfig in sparc.

Thanks.