Re: [GIT PATCH] TTY patches for 2.6.33-git

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Sun Dec 13 2009 - 12:51:57 EST




On Sun, 13 Dec 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> In the last ~4.5 years:
>
> earth4:~/tip> git checkout v2.6.12
> Date: Fri Jun 17 12:48:29 2005 -0700
> earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l
> 713
>
> earth4:~/tip> git checkout linus
> Date: Fri Dec 11 20:58:20 2009 -0800
> earth4:~/tip> git grep -w unlock_kernel | wc -l
> 841

Git hint of the day: you don't need to check out a kernel to do "git
grep".

Do this:

git grep -w unlock_kernel v2.6.12 | wc

and it will JustWork(tm).

> Also, a lot of BKL use was hidden before, and due to the BKL removal
> activities (by Thomas, Frederic, Jon, Alan and others) the remaining BKL using
> sites are a lot more well defined, a lot more isolated and thus a lot more
> removable than ever before.

That's the main thing. We've been pushing them down a lot.

We still have a few annoying core ones, though. I hate the execve() and
file locking ones.

Linus
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