Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752959AbZLMMNj (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:13:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752911AbZLMMNi (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:13:38 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:47370 "HELO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752875AbZLMMNi (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:13:38 -0500 Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:13:21 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Alan Cox Cc: Linus Torvalds , Thomas Gleixner , Andrew Morton , Greg KH , Peter Zijlstra , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.33-git Message-ID: <20091213121321.GA20583@elte.hu> References: <20091212101032.GB25286@elte.hu> <20091212023603.93768833.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20091212214235.31429790@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20091213065844.GA20244@elte.hu> <20091213113626.7a854941@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091213113626.7a854941@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 981 Lines: 28 * Alan Cox wrote: > > earth4:~/tip> git checkout linus > > Date: Fri Dec 11 20:58:20 2009 -0800 > > earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l > > 841 > > > > we grew the (absolute) number of BKL sites by ~15%. Certainly the kernel grew > > at a much faster rate, so the relative proportion of the BKL shrunk. > > Thats actually very misleading. [...] Somewhat, so i qualified it with the next paragraph: > > Also, a lot of BKL use was hidden before, and due to the BKL removal > > activities (by Thomas, Frederic, Jon, Alan and others) the remaining BKL > > using sites are a lot more well defined, a lot more isolated and thus a > > lot more removable than ever before. Thanks, Ingo -- 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/