Re: [PATCH 1/6 RFC] arch/blackfin/kernel/process.c: Remove the BKL from sys_execve

[John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>]

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 04:27, John Kacur wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 18:33, John Kacur wrote:
> >> > This looks like a cut-and-paste job.
> >> > For example, compare this function to sys_execve in
> >> > arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
> >> >
> >> > and it is almost line by line the same, except the one in x86 nolonger has the
> >> > big kernel lock. All of the functions called between the lock are generic
> >> > and not specific to blackfin - thus, I believe it is safe to remove the
> >> > bkl here.
> >>
> >> and it still boots/runs fine, so np here
> >> Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> >
> > Cool - are you testing on one of those nifty smp (or smp-like) blackfins?
> 
> no, this was a uniproc.  i could try a SMP Blackfin if you think it'll
> make a difference.
> -mike
> 

Well - hopefully it won't make a difference, but if there are problems, 
then that is where they will show up.

Thanks