Re: [patch] remove the BKL (Big Kernel Lock), this time for real

[Nick Piggin]

Ingo Molnar wrote:

> code using lock_kernel()/unlock_kernel() will see very similar semantics
> as they got from the BKL, so correctness should be fully preserved.
> Per-CPU assumptions still work, locking exclusion and lock-recursion
> still works the same way as it did with the BKL.

Hi Ingo,

One change is that lock_kernel now sleeps, while it previously didn't, I
think?

Is this going to be a problem? Or have you checked the remaining bkl users
to ensure this is OK? Am I on drugs? :)

Nick
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