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Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove BKL from ext2's readdir
From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>
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On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 05:36, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > I took a look at readdir() in 2.5.64's ext2 and found it serialized by BKL.
> 
> Yes, I had this in -mm for ages, seem to have lost it.  Also removal of BKL
> from lseek().

I moved lseek() from the BKL to the i_sem in early 2.5.

	Robert Love

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