Re: [RFC][PATCH] tty: remove the BKL in n_tty.c

[Andi Kleen]

Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>  
> +
> +/*
> + * This Mutex is used to replace a big kernel lock that protected
> + * the access to tty->column.
> + */
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(tty_column_mutex);

I suppose Alan did it already, but the general rule when doing
such changes is to lock data not code.

-Andi

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