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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:03:34 +0300 (EEST)
From: Kai Makisara <Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi>
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To: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi/st: remove BKL from open
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On Fri, 30 Apr 2010, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 10:51:38PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > The st_open function is serialized through the st_dev_arr_lock
> > and the STp->in_use flag, so there is no race that the BKL
> > can protect against in the driver itself, and the function
> > does not access any global state outside of the driver that
> > might be protected with the BKL.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > ---
> 
> 
> 
> Kai, can we get your ack on this?
> 
I am sorry, I have forgotten to send it.

Acked-by: Kai Makisara <kai.makisara@kolumbus.fi>

Thanks,
Kai
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