Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751202AbWBQLYH (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:24:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751214AbWBQLYG (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:24:06 -0500 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.210]:58602 "EHLO mail.lst.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751202AbWBQLYF (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:24:05 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:23:55 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Christoph Hellwig , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] deprecate the tasklist_lock export Message-ID: <20060217112355.GE28448@lst.de> References: <20060215130734.GA5590@lst.de> <20060215214833.GA5066@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060215214833.GA5066@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 982 Lines: 26 On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:48:33PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 02:07:34PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Drivers have no business looking at the task list and thus using this > > lock. The only possibly modular users left are: > > > > arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c > >... > > fs/binfmt_elf.c > > > > which I'll send out fixes for soon. > >... > > These two can't be built modular. s390 and sparc64 allows a modular BINFMT_ELF32, which #includes fs/binfmt_elf.c after redefining various things. But I suspect the right fix for this is to disallow building it modular.. For arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c you're right. Other mca files can be built modular and need odd symbols aswell, but mca.c is always built in. - 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/