On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday 14 October 2009, tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Commit-ID: 40b798efe3460797a4ac928ee2e038774e2758eb > > Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/40b798efe3460797a4ac928ee2e038774e2758eb > > Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > AuthorDate: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:35:43 +0000 > > Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > CommitDate: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:33:32 +0200 > > > > drivers: Remove BKL from misc_open > > > > misc_open() is already serialized with misc_mtx. Remove the BKL > > locking which got there via the BKL pushdown. > > Did you check the misc drivers to make sure this is not silently > removing the BKL from drivers that need it? Yep, they are plastered with cycle_kernel_lock and lock/unlock_kernel already. I might have missed some, but ... Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html