Re: [RFC 4/5] BKL: use no BKL in llseek

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 02:13:18AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> We have shown that the BKL in default_llseek and other
> llseek operations never protects against concurrent access
> from another function:

>From VFS POV no to the default_llseek conversion.  As told you and
others of the BKL brigade don't change this thing but get rid of it
entirely.  I was under the impression we had agreed on a road map
for that anyway.  Please don't forget that overall kernel improvement
should at least be a side effect of your big sweap and clean.

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