Re: [PATCH 4/5] usb:Push BKL on open down into the drivers

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Am Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010 17:43:17 schrieb Alan Stern:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> 
> > From 271f10a4643c788be08cc481dc594ee87af25140 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:46:08 +0100
> > Subject: [PATCH 4/5] usb:Push BKL on open down into the drivers
> > 
> > Straightforward push into the drivers to allow
> > auditing individual drivers separately
> 
> This is a lot of work.  Maybe it should be submitted separately from
> the usbfs changes.

How would you like it? Submitted to lkml? I hesitate to split it up.
Due to the peculiar semantics of the BKL it could be applied as several
patches and stay bisectable, but I don't think this is a good idea.
Locking changes should be done in one piece.

	Regards
		Oliver
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