This series removes the big kernel lock from the common block layer code by pushing it into the individual device drivers. This version incorporates further changes to address comments from Christoph Hellwig and Sam Ravnborg, many thanks for the valuable feedback! I'd like to get this into 2.6.36 in order to remove the BKL from all the core kernel code. Once Christoph is happy with the series, in particular the third patch, I'd like to add it to linux-next for broader testing, preferrably though Jens Axboe's linux-2.6-block.git tree. Arnd Bergmann (7): scsi/i2o_block: cleanup ioctl handling block: push down BKL into .locked_ioctl block: push down BKL into .open and .release block: push BKL into blktrace ioctls block: remove BKL from BLKROSET and BLKFLSBUF block: remove BKL from partition ioctls scsi/sd: remove big kernel lock arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c | 7 ++++- block/compat_ioctl.c | 56 ----------------------------------- block/ioctl.c | 21 +------------ drivers/block/DAC960.c | 13 +++++-- drivers/block/amiflop.c | 29 +++++++++++++++-- drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c | 4 ++ drivers/block/ataflop.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++-- drivers/block/brd.c | 5 ++- drivers/block/cciss.c | 31 +++++++++++++++---- drivers/block/cpqarray.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c | 4 ++ drivers/block/floppy.c | 22 ++++++++++++- drivers/block/loop.c | 5 +++ drivers/block/nbd.c | 5 ++- drivers/block/paride/pcd.c | 21 +++++++++++-- drivers/block/paride/pd.c | 9 +++++- drivers/block/paride/pf.c | 26 ++++++++++++---- drivers/block/pktcdvd.c | 18 +++++++++-- drivers/block/swim.c | 20 +++++++++++- drivers/block/swim3.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++-- drivers/block/ub.c | 27 +++++++++++++++-- drivers/block/viodasd.c | 19 +++++++++++- drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 17 +++++++++- drivers/block/xd.c | 17 +++++++++- drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 9 +++++- drivers/block/xsysace.c | 6 ++++ drivers/block/z2ram.c | 13 ++++++-- drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c | 19 ++++++++++-- drivers/cdrom/viocd.c | 21 +++++++++++-- drivers/ide/ide-cd.c | 32 +++++++++++++++---- drivers/ide/ide-disk_ioctl.c | 9 ++++- drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c | 12 +++++-- drivers/ide/ide-gd.c | 19 ++++++++++- drivers/ide/ide-tape.c | 19 ++++++++++-- drivers/md/dm.c | 7 ++++ drivers/md/md.c | 6 ++++ drivers/memstick/core/mspro_block.c | 9 +++++- drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c | 4 ++ drivers/mmc/card/block.c | 5 +++ drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 11 +++++- drivers/s390/block/dasd.c | 6 ++++ drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c | 5 +++ drivers/s390/char/tape_block.c | 8 ++++- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 25 ++++++++++----- drivers/scsi/sd.h | 2 +- drivers/scsi/sr.c | 25 ++++++++++++---- drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c | 5 +++ fs/block_dev.c | 10 +----- include/linux/blkdev.h | 1 - include/linux/blktrace_api.h | 12 +++++++ kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 51 files changed, 637 insertions(+), 186 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
