Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...>, Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...>, Alan Cox <alan@...>, Alexander Viro <viro@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
May I suggest just adding a comment in those files, just saying something
like
/* This does not need the BKL, because .. */
where even the "because" part could be dropped when it's really obvious.
That way that "list of files I examined and did *not* change" would be
obvious in the patch itself, and we also have some documentation that
somebody actually looked at the path.
Same deal - just document the fact that the BKL isn't needed.
Yeah, in the long run that kind of documentation is worthless and we may
want to get rid of it again in a year or two, but in the short run it's a
good idea. If only to help people who want to review your patches.
Btw, do you have gitweb running anywhere?
Linus
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