I've gone through all the code in the kernel that uses the big kernel lock and come up with a solution that seems at least half-reasonable for each of them. The decisions are somewhat arbitrary, but here is what I'd suggest we do: * Remove in 2.6.39: i830, autofs3, smbfs * Move to staging now, kill in 2.6.41 (or later): appletalk, hpfs * Work around in an ugly way, but keep alive: * ufs, ipx, i810, cx25721 * Fix properly: * usbip, go7007, adfs, x25 Some of the patches are rather tricky and I haven't really done much proper testing, so I'd much prefer the maintainers to pick up the patches and do the necessary testing where possible, or even come up with a better solution. Arnd Bergmann (20): drm/i810: remove the BKL drm: remove i830 driver staging/usbip: convert to kthread staging/cx25721: serialize access to devlist staging/go7007: remove the BKL staging: Remove autofs3 staging: remove smbfs adfs: remove the big kernel lock hpfs: rename big kernel lock to hpfs_lock hpfs: replace BKL with a global mutex hpfs: move to drivers/staging x25: remove the BKL appletalk: move to staging staging/appletalk: remove the BKL ufs: remove the BKL ipx: remove the BKL tracing: don't trace the BKL rtmutex-tester: remove BKL tests drivers: remove extraneous includes of smp_lock.h BKL: That's all, folks MAINTAINERS | 11 +- drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 47 +- drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile | 1 - drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_dma.c | 18 +- drivers/gpu/drm/i810/i810_drv.c | 6 +- drivers/gpu/drm/i830/Makefile | 8 - drivers/gpu/drm/i830/i830_dma.c | 1560 --------- drivers/gpu/drm/i830/i830_drv.c | 107 - drivers/gpu/drm/i830/i830_drv.h | 295 -- drivers/gpu/drm/i830/i830_irq.c | 186 -- 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.../staging}/appletalk/sysctl_net_atalk.c | 2 +- drivers/staging/autofs/Kconfig | 22 - drivers/staging/autofs/Makefile | 7 - drivers/staging/autofs/TODO | 8 - drivers/staging/autofs/autofs_i.h | 165 - drivers/staging/autofs/dirhash.c | 260 -- drivers/staging/autofs/init.c | 52 - drivers/staging/autofs/inode.c | 288 -- drivers/staging/autofs/root.c | 648 ---- drivers/staging/autofs/symlink.c | 26 - drivers/staging/autofs/waitq.c | 205 -- drivers/staging/cx25821/Kconfig | 1 - drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-alsa.c | 2 + drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-core.c | 16 +- drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821-video.c | 9 +- drivers/staging/cx25821/cx25821.h | 3 +- drivers/staging/easycap/easycap.h | 1 - drivers/staging/easycap/easycap_ioctl.c | 1 - drivers/staging/go7007/Kconfig | 1 - drivers/staging/go7007/s2250-loader.c | 3 - {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/Kconfig | 5 +- {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/Makefile | 0 drivers/staging/hpfs/TODO | 5 + {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/alloc.c | 0 {fs => 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-------------------- drivers/staging/smbfs/proto.h | 89 - drivers/staging/smbfs/request.c | 817 ----- drivers/staging/smbfs/request.h | 70 - drivers/staging/smbfs/smb.h | 118 - drivers/staging/smbfs/smb_debug.h | 34 - drivers/staging/smbfs/smb_fs.h | 153 - drivers/staging/smbfs/smb_fs_i.h | 37 - drivers/staging/smbfs/smb_fs_sb.h | 100 - drivers/staging/smbfs/smb_mount.h | 65 - drivers/staging/smbfs/smbfs.txt | 8 - drivers/staging/smbfs/smbiod.c | 343 -- drivers/staging/smbfs/smbno.h | 363 -- drivers/staging/smbfs/sock.c | 385 --- drivers/staging/smbfs/symlink.c | 67 - drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/staging/usbip/stub.h | 4 +- drivers/staging/usbip/stub_dev.c | 13 +- drivers/staging/usbip/stub_rx.c | 13 +- drivers/staging/usbip/stub_tx.c | 14 +- drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c | 105 - drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.h | 20 +- drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_event.c | 31 +- drivers/staging/usbip/vhci.h | 4 +- drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_hcd.c | 10 +- drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_rx.c | 16 +- drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_sysfs.c | 9 +- drivers/staging/usbip/vhci_tx.c | 14 +- drivers/target/target_core_device.c | 1 - drivers/target/target_core_fabric_lib.c | 1 - drivers/target/target_core_file.c | 1 - drivers/target/target_core_hba.c | 1 - drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c | 1 - drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c | 1 - drivers/target/target_core_rd.c | 1 - drivers/target/target_core_tpg.c | 1 - drivers/target/target_core_transport.c | 1 - drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c | 1 - drivers/tty/n_r3964.c | 1 - drivers/tty/pty.c | 1 - drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 1 - drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 2 - drivers/tty/vt/selection.c | 1 - drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c | 1 - drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 1 - drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c | 1 - fs/Kconfig | 1 - fs/Makefile | 1 - fs/adfs/Kconfig | 1 - fs/adfs/dir.c | 6 - fs/adfs/inode.c | 6 - fs/adfs/super.c | 13 +- fs/compat_ioctl.c | 1 - fs/ufs/Kconfig | 1 - fs/ufs/inode.c | 78 +- fs/ufs/namei.c | 35 +- fs/ufs/super.c | 55 +- fs/ufs/truncate.c | 5 +- fs/ufs/ufs.h | 6 +- include/drm/Kbuild | 1 - include/drm/i830_drm.h | 342 -- include/linux/Kbuild | 1 - include/linux/hardirq.h | 9 +- include/linux/smp_lock.h | 65 - include/trace/events/bkl.h | 61 - init/Kconfig | 5 - kernel/rtmutex-tester.c | 39 +- kernel/sched.c | 7 - lib/Makefile | 1 - lib/kernel_lock.c | 143 - net/Kconfig | 1 - net/Makefile | 1 - net/ipx/Kconfig | 1 - net/ipx/af_ipx.c | 52 +- net/socket.c | 1 - net/x25/Kconfig | 1 - net/x25/af_x25.c | 61 +- net/x25/x25_out.c | 7 +- 157 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 13722 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i830/Makefile delete mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i830/i830_dma.c delete mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i830/i830_drv.c delete mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i830/i830_drv.h delete mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/i830/i830_irq.c delete mode 100644 drivers/net/appletalk/Makefile rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/Kconfig (98%) rename {net => drivers/staging}/appletalk/Makefile (56%) rename {net => drivers/staging}/appletalk/aarp.c (99%) rename {include/linux => drivers/staging/appletalk}/atalk.h (100%) rename {net => drivers/staging}/appletalk/atalk_proc.c (99%) rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/cops.c (99%) rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/cops.h (100%) rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/cops_ffdrv.h (100%) rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/cops_ltdrv.h (100%) rename {net => drivers/staging}/appletalk/ddp.c (98%) rename {net => drivers/staging}/appletalk/dev.c (100%) rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/ipddp.c (99%) rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/ipddp.h (100%) rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/ltpc.c (99%) rename drivers/{net => staging}/appletalk/ltpc.h (100%) rename {net => drivers/staging}/appletalk/sysctl_net_atalk.c (98%) delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/Kconfig delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/Makefile delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/TODO delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/autofs_i.h delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/dirhash.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/init.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/inode.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/root.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/symlink.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/autofs/waitq.c rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/Kconfig (80%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/Makefile (100%) create mode 100644 drivers/staging/hpfs/TODO rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/alloc.c (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/anode.c (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/buffer.c (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dentry.c (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dir.c (97%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/dnode.c (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/ea.c (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/file.c (97%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/hpfs.h (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h (91%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/inode.c (98%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/map.c (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/name.c (100%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/namei.c (96%) rename {fs => drivers/staging}/hpfs/super.c (98%) delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/Kconfig delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/Makefile delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/TODO delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/cache.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/dir.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/file.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/getopt.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/getopt.h delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/inode.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/ioctl.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/proc.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/proto.h delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/request.c delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/request.h delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/smbfs/smb.h delete mode 100644 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