Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751088AbWB0NHL (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:07:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751091AbWB0NHL (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:07:11 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:54943 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751088AbWB0NHI (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:07:08 -0500 Subject: Re: [Lse-tech] Re: [Patch 2/7] Add sysctl for schedstats From: Arjan van de Ven To: balbir@in.ibm.com Cc: Ingo Molnar , Shailabh Nagar , linux-kernel , lse-tech In-Reply-To: <20060227122933.GE22492@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> <20060227122933.GE22492@in.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 14:06:46 +0100 Message-Id: <1141045606.2992.98.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 549 Lines: 16 On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 17:59 +0530, Balbir Singh wrote: > > 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). .. I'm not the one saying the BKL was useful... you were ;) - 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/