Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752049AbZLMRrG (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:47:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751180AbZLMRrF (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:47:05 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:48106 "HELO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751161AbZLMRrD (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:47:03 -0500 Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:46:26 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: Ingo Molnar cc: Thomas Gleixner , Alan Cox , Andrew Morton , Greg KH , Peter Zijlstra , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.33-git In-Reply-To: <20091213065844.GA20244@elte.hu> Message-ID: References: <20091212084611.GA28266@elte.hu> <20091212013927.58d386d1.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20091212101032.GB25286@elte.hu> <20091212023603.93768833.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20091212214235.31429790@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20091213065844.GA20244@elte.hu> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1178 Lines: 41 On Sun, 13 Dec 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > In the last ~4.5 years: > > earth4:~/tip> git checkout v2.6.12 > Date: Fri Jun 17 12:48:29 2005 -0700 > earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l > 713 > > earth4:~/tip> git checkout linus > Date: Fri Dec 11 20:58:20 2009 -0800 > earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l > 841 Git hint of the day: you don't need to check out a kernel to do "git grep". Do this: git grep -w unlock_kernel v2.6.12 | wc and it will JustWork(tm). > 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. That's the main thing. We've been pushing them down a lot. We still have a few annoying core ones, though. I hate the execve() and file locking ones. Linus -- 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/