Re: [ANNOUNCE] 2.6.31-rc4-rt1

[Darren Hart]

Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 02:48:04AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> > Further plans:
> >
> >    1) We seriously want to tackle the elimination of the PREEMPT_RT
> >    annoyance #1, aka BKL. The Big Kernel Lock is still used in ~330
> >    files all across the kernel. A lot of work has been done already to
> >    push down the lock into the code which still thinks it needs to be
> >    protected by it. Some work has been done already in the (a little
> >    bit stale) kill-the-BKL and core/kill-the-BKL branches of the -tip
> >    git tree. If you want to help, please check those branches whether
> >    the code has been tackled already or not to avoid redundant
> >    work. If you decide to take care of one please note it on:
> >
> >        http://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Big_Kernel_Lock
>
>
> We (I) can't write to this file :)
>
> However, I'll try to attack the remaining bkl that resides in tty...

I took a look at the perms, then the history - looks like you sorted it out.

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Darren Hart
IBM Linux Technology Center
Real-Time Linux Team
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