From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: swhiteho@redhat.com, sfrench@samba.org, vandrove@vc.cvut.cz,
corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [1/11] Remove BKL from remote_llseek
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:41:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <483191AA.9030202@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1211205524.7911.14.camel@localhost>
> The one case in nfs_file_llseek() where we might care is the call to
> nfs_revalidate_file_size() ('cos I still haven't finished auditing BKL
> dependencies in the inode attributes). However that case should already
> be covered without introducing any new lock_kernel/unlock_kernel calls
> since __nfs_revalidate_inode() already grabs the BKL.
Thanks. I'll keep it for now with the explicit lock_kernel() and when you're
finished your audit and the patches are in before you can just remove them
yourself. I guess that's the best way to handle it.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-19 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-19 12:31 [PATCH] [0/11] Repost of old VFS BKL patchkit Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [1/11] Remove BKL from remote_llseek Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 13:58 ` Trond Myklebust
2008-05-19 14:41 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-05-19 14:02 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-05-19 15:13 ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 16:09 ` Steve French
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [2/11] Add unlocked_fasync Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 14:03 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-05-19 14:43 ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 15:12 ` Alan Cox
2008-05-19 15:29 ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 15:22 ` Alan Cox
2008-05-19 15:45 ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 17:29 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [3/11] Convert pipe over to unlocked_fasync Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [4/11] Convert socket fasync " Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [5/11] Convert fuse " Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [6/11] Convert bad_inode " Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [7/11] Convert DRM " Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [8/11] Use unlocked_fasync in random.c Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [9/11] Convert hpet to unlocked_fasync Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [10/11] Use unlocked_fasync in RTC Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:31 ` [PATCH] [11/11] Convert uio to fasync_unlocked Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 12:48 ` Andi Kleen
2008-05-19 13:30 ` Hans J. Koch
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