From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753464Ab0LVPXN (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:23:13 -0500 Received: from dsl-67-204-24-19.acanac.net ([67.204.24.19]:57127 "EHLO mail.ellipticsemi.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752865Ab0LVPXM (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:23:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:23:09 -0500 From: Nick Bowler To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Evgeniy Dushistov Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] BKL removal follow-up Message-ID: <20101222152309.GA30670@elliptictech.com> References: <1290007619-5787-1-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de> <20101122151723.GA8732@elliptictech.com> <201012212354.06895.arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201012212354.06895.arnd@arndb.de> Organization: Elliptic Technologies Inc. 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 2010-12-21 23:54 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Monday 22 November 2010 16:17:23 Nick Bowler wrote: > > On 2010-11-21 09:45 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > Yes, I'd be ok with UDF doing a "select BKL" along with a "default n" > > > for BKL itself. > > > > > > I think UDF currently is the only sane reason to have BKL enabled any > > > more, and yes, it would probably make it easier to configure things. > > > > UFS (which I use) also relies on BKL. > > Would you mind running a kernel with this patch and lockdep enabled then? I will definitely try it, but I probably won't get around to it before the new year. Thanks, -- Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)