Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754917AbZC0VgX (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:36:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751085AbZC0VgO (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:36:14 -0400 Received: from isrv.corpit.ru ([81.13.33.159]:52649 "EHLO isrv.corpit.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750810AbZC0VgO (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:36:14 -0400 Message-ID: <49CD46C8.8040606@msgid.tls.msk.ru> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:36:08 +0300 From: Michael Tokarev Organization: Telecom Service, JSC User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090103) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Corbet CC: Dan Carpenter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eteo@redhat.com Subject: Re: [patch] char/raw.c locking on error References: <20090327094812.32d0d5e7@bike.lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20090327094812.32d0d5e7@bike.lwn.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 576 Lines: 15 Jonathan Corbet wrote: > (I bet raw doesn't need BKL at all; I'll see if I can't find some time > to have a look later on). Is it still in use - the raw driver, that is? Nowadays, every block device can be opened in direct mode by using O_DIRECT - this is what raw does. I mean, is it worth spending even more time on it? /mjt -- 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/