Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932316AbWB0M3j (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:29:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751833AbWB0M3j (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:29:39 -0500 Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.150]:19876 "EHLO e32.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751818AbWB0M3i (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:29:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:59:34 +0530 From: Balbir Singh To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Ingo Molnar , Shailabh Nagar , linux-kernel , lse-tech Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: [Patch 2/7] Add sysctl for schedstats Message-ID: <20060227122933.GE22492@in.ibm.com> Reply-To: balbir@in.ibm.com References: <1141026996.5785.38.camel@elinux04.optonline.net> <1141027367.5785.42.camel@elinux04.optonline.net> <1141027923.5785.50.camel@elinux04.optonline.net> <20060227085203.GB3241@elte.hu> <20060227104634.GB22492@in.ibm.com> <1141042725.2992.96.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1141042725.2992.96.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.10i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 450 Lines: 14 > your sysctl functions sleep. the BKL is useless in the light of sleeping > code... > But wouldn't all sysctls potentially sleep (on account of copying data from the user). Thanks for clarifying, Balbir - 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/