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Subject: Re: [patch] sched: fix scheduling latencies in NTFS mount
From: Anton Altaparmakov <aia21@cam.ac.uk>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 12:35, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> this patch fixes scheduling latencies in the NTFS mount path. We are
> dropping the BKL because the code itself is using the ntfs_lock
> semaphore which provides safe locking.
> 
> has been tested as part of the -VP patchset.

Looks good.  I designed the NTFS driver to not rely on the BKL at all so
you should be able to drop it anywhere you like.  (-:

I have applied your patch to my ntfs-2.6-devel bk tree so it doesn't get
lost.

Thanks,

	Anton
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Anton Altaparmakov <aia21 at cam.ac.uk> (replace at with @)
Unix Support, Computing Service, University of Cambridge, CB2 3QH, UK
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