Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261975AbVDRI6y (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 04:58:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261980AbVDRI6y (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 04:58:54 -0400 Received: from [213.170.72.194] ([213.170.72.194]:20894 "EHLO shelob.oktetlabs.ru") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261975AbVDRI6w (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2005 04:58:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATC] small VFS change for JFFS2 From: "Artem B. Bityuckiy" Reply-To: dedekind@infradead.org To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, dwmw2@lists.infradead.org In-Reply-To: <20050418085121.GA19091@infradead.org> References: <1113814031.31595.3.camel@sauron.oktetlabs.ru> <20050418085121.GA19091@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: MTD Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:58:50 +0400 Message-Id: <1113814730.31595.6.camel@sauron.oktetlabs.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 (2.0.4-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 638 Lines: 17 On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 09:51 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > No, exporting locks is a really bad idea. Please try to find a better > method to fix your problem that doesn't export random kernel symbols. > In general it must be true. But this specific case I believe is reasonable enough to export the mutext (as an exception). -- Best Regards, Artem B. Bityuckiy, St.-Petersburg, Russia. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/