Re: [PATCH 6/6] procfs: Kill the bkl in ioctl

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Mar 31 2010 - 17:52:16 EST


> The recursive users that I've removed in my series are the block, tty,
> input and sound subsystems, as well as the init code.

There are some very subtle recursive cases in the tty code - hangup
triggered close and consoles being an absolute gem I've just had to debug
in my lock removal bits so far...

Alan
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