Re: [patch] char/raw.c locking on error

[Michael Tokarev]

Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> (I bet raw doesn't need BKL at all; I'll see if I can't find some time
> to have a look later on).

Is it still in use - the raw driver, that is?  Nowadays,
every block device can be opened in direct mode by using
O_DIRECT - this is what raw does.  I mean, is it worth
spending even more time on it?

/mjt
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