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Call fasync() functions without the BKL
authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:12:01 +0000 (09:12 -0600)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:06:28 +0000 (15:06 -0600)
commita238b790d5f99c7832f9b73ac8847025815b85f7
tree2fd07ceeec7d56eb4af295488407b501c6d6fbb8tree | snapshot
parent2db9f0a35a4e4ad7cee756a4e0dabb7c1c8b6c72commit | diff
Call fasync() functions without the BKL

lock_kernel() calls have been pushed down into code which needs it, so
there is no need to take the BKL at this level anymore.

This work inspired and aided by Andi Kleen's unlocked_fasync() patches.

Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Full containers within linux kernel