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Re: [PATCH] snapshot: Push BKL down into ioctl handlers

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From: Alan Cox <alan@...>
To: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, <akpm@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] snapshot: Push BKL down into ioctl handlers
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 - 7:04 am

> >  

I've just been pushing the lock down. If the code already has enough
internal locking for things like multiple ioctls in parallel then you can
probably kill it entirely - but that needs someone who knows that driver
well to decide and evaluate.
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[PATCH] snapshot: Push BKL down into ioctl handlers, Alan Cox, (Thu May 22, 5:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH] snapshot: Push BKL down into ioctl handlers, Rafael J. Wysocki, (Thu May 22, 9:09 pm)
Re: [PATCH] snapshot: Push BKL down into ioctl handlers, Alan Cox, (Fri May 23, 7:04 am)
Re: [PATCH] snapshot: Push BKL down into ioctl handlers, Rafael J. Wysocki, (Fri May 23, 7:22 am)
[RFC][PATCH] snapshot: Use pm_mutex for mutual exclusion, Rafael J. Wysocki, (Mon Jun 2, 5:33 pm)
Re: [RFC][PATCH] snapshot: Use pm_mutex for mutual exclusion, Pavel Machek, (Tue Jun 3, 6:20 pm)