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Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 15:55:43 -0600 (MDT)
From: Thunder from the hill <thunder@ngforever.de>
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To: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: BKL removal
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Hi,

On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Dave Hansen wrote:
>   "As long as I comment [and understand] why I am using the BKL." 
> would be a bit more accurate.  How many places in the kernel have you 
> seen comments about what the BKL is actually doing?  Could you point 
> me to some of your comments where _you_ are using the BKL?  Once you 
> fully understand why it is there, the extra step of removal is usually 
> very small.

Old Blue, could you please bring me an example on where in USB the bkl 
shouldn't be used, but is? And can you explain why it's wrong to use bkl
there?

							Regards,
							Thunder
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