Re: [PATCH 0/7] BKL removal follow-up

[Nick Bowler]

On 2010-12-21 23:54 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Monday 22 November 2010 16:17:23 Nick Bowler wrote:
> > On 2010-11-21 09:45 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > Yes, I'd be ok with UDF doing a "select BKL" along with a "default n"
> > > for BKL itself.
> > > 
> > > I think UDF currently is the only sane reason to have BKL enabled any
> > > more, and yes, it would probably make it easier to configure things.
> > 
> > UFS (which I use) also relies on BKL.
> 
> Would you mind running a kernel with this patch and lockdep enabled then?

I will definitely try it, but I probably won't get around to it before
the new year.

Thanks,

-- 
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
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