Re: [PATCH] x86: Switch apm to unlocked_kernel

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To: Alan Cox <alan@...>
Cc: <mingo@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008 - 7:36 am

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:

I would like to have a shot at this if no one else if currently
working on it.  This would be my first attempt to graduate from
testing (and a few simple patches) to an actual functional change.  I
would expect that the steps involved are:

- See what data is affected under the BKL
- See where else that data may be affected (including possible
parallel calls to the same path)
- Decide what locking is necessary
- Implement it (the easy part)

If this is about right (and I'm not missing anything major) - I will
give it a try and see where I get.

If, however, I have just proved that I do not have a full grasp of the
problem, or if someone else is already working on this particular path
- please let me know.

-- 
Kevin Winchester
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Messages in current thread:
[PATCH] x86: Switch apm to unlocked_kernel, Alan Cox, (Thu May 22, 4:22 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: Switch apm to unlocked_kernel, Kevin Winchester, (Fri May 23, 7:36 am)
Re: [RFC] x86: Switch apm to unlocked_kernel, Kevin Winchester, (Sat May 24, 2:59 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: Switch apm to unlocked_kernel, Stephen Rothwell, (Thu May 22, 9:03 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: Switch apm to unlocked_kernel, Alan Cox, (Fri May 23, 7:06 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: Switch apm to unlocked_kernel, Stephen Rothwell, (Fri May 23, 9:23 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: Switch apm to unlocked_kernel, Andrew Morton, (Fri May 23, 1:25 pm)