From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: arnd@arndb.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@ghostprotocols.net,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/20] staging/appletalk: remove the BKL
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:29:26 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110125.142926.246535705.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1295993854-4971-15-git-send-email-arnd@arndb.de>
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:17:28 +0100
> This changes appletalk to use lock_sock instead of
> lock_kernel for serialization. I tried to make sure
> that we don't hold the socket lock during sleeping
> functions, but I did not try to prove whether the
> locks are necessary in the first place.
>
> Compile-tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
If you're moving appletalk to staging because "nobody is motivated
enough to remove the BKL" and then you actually do the work to remove
the BKL, I really don't see any point in doing the whole staging
thing.
We always keep an eye on every protocol that sits under the top-level
net/. Every socket API change propagates, as does every other
networking API change that matters for those protocols.
You can move appletalk down to staging if that stops happening, which
it won't.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-25 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-25 22:17 [RFC 00/20] Proposal for remaining BKL users Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-25 22:17 ` [PATCH 12/20] x25: remove the BKL Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-27 10:07 ` Andrew Hendry
2011-01-27 12:17 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-27 12:38 ` [PATCH v2] " Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-27 13:20 ` Eric Dumazet
2011-01-27 13:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-25 22:17 ` [PATCH 13/20] appletalk: move to staging Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-25 22:17 ` [PATCH 14/20] staging/appletalk: remove the BKL Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-25 22:29 ` David Miller [this message]
2011-01-26 12:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-25 22:17 ` [PATCH 16/20] ipx: " Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-26 2:22 ` [RFC 00/20] Proposal for remaining BKL users Greg KH
2011-01-26 11:31 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-26 11:58 ` Mauro Carvalho Chehab
2011-01-26 13:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-01-26 16:24 ` Palash Bandyopadhyay
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