From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762061Ab0HFUfH (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:35:07 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:33698 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762019Ab0HFUfD (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:35:03 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:22:28 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: Linus Torvalds , Alan Cox , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.36 Message-ID: <20100806202228.GA6153@suse.de> References: <20100805213528.GA13794@kroah.com> <20100806204552.7cb80fd0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <201008062158.46013.arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201008062158.46013.arnd@arndb.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 09:58:45PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Friday 06 August 2010 21:38:36 Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I also don't want the BKL to show up in grep, even if the config > > option for it were to be impossible to enable. If we've gotten far > > enough that we can get rid of the BKL in the tty layer, we really > > should get rid of it. Not leave it in some zombie limbo state. > > Ok, I've sent the replacement patch that does this, and I'm much > happier with the outcome. > > If you apply this version, the only stronghold left for the BKL > will be fs/lockd, everything else that's left is either simple > to fix or highly obscure. Ok, I got that one now, and am building the tree to test here before sending to Linus. thanks, greg k-h