Re: [PATCH 20/20] BKL: That's all, folks

[Ingo Molnar]

* Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This removes the implementation of the big kernel lock,
> at last. A lot of people have worked on this in the
> past, I so the credit for this patch should be with
> everyone who participated in the hunt.
> 
> The names on the Cc list are the people that were the
> most active in this, according to the recorded git
> history, in alphabetical order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Menage <menage@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/hardirq.h  |    9 +---
>  include/linux/smp_lock.h |   65 ----------------------
>  init/Kconfig             |    5 --
>  kernel/sched.c           |    7 ---
>  lib/Makefile             |    1 -
>  lib/kernel_lock.c        |  136 ----------------------------------------------
>  6 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 222 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 include/linux/smp_lock.h
>  delete mode 100644 lib/kernel_lock.c

Yay!

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

	Ingo
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