Re: [PATCH] devfs v181 available

From: Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 01:33:17 EST


On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Richard Gooch wrote:

> - Widened locking in <devfs_readlink> and <devfs_follow_link>

No, you hadn't. Both vfs_readlink() and vfs_follow_link() are blocking
functions, so BKL is worthless there.

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