From: Bryan Schumaker Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] lockd: Mostly remove BKL from the server Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:43:02 -0400 Message-ID: <4C9A2406.6070100@netapp.com> References: <4C9917B4.1010607@netapp.com> <20100922153702.GD15560@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" To: "J. Bruce Fields" Return-path: Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37]:35915 "EHLO mx2.netapp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751029Ab0IVPnS (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:43:18 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100922153702.GD15560@fieldses.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 09/22/2010 11:37 AM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 04:38:12PM -0400, Bryan Schumaker wrote: >> lockd: Mostly remove BKL from the server >> >> This patch removes all but one call to lock_kernel() from the server. > > Thanks. Does this need to go in any particular order with respect to > the other BKL patches, or should I just apply this whenever? > > --b. It doesn't use lock_flocks(), so you should be able to apply it whenever. -Bryan