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[0/11] Repost of old VFS BKL patchkit

From:  Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To:  corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject:  [PATCH] [0/11] Repost of old VFS BKL patchkit
Date:  Mon, 19 May 2008 14:31:09 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID:  <20080519231.561421028@firstfloor.org>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread


Since BKL removal seems to be en-vogue again here's the repost
of the unapplied parts of my older VFS BKL patchkit.

Main difference is port to 2.6.26-rc2  and more fasync conversins.

- Converts remote_llseek to be BKL less. This will either eliminate
or push it down in a couple of network file systems (SMBFS, CIFS, OCFS2, 
NCPFS, NFS)
- Converts file flags handling to i_mutex
[BTW while looking over the tree I think there are a few
races in this regard in there anyways. Not all people who modify
that take BKL. Auditing all of them is a separate project.
No difference before/after my patch]
- Adds unlocked_fasync
- Converts lots of fasync users to unlocked_fasync

-Andi

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