On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 03:03:00PM -0800, LA Walsh wrote: > > I notice many places in open.c where 'lock_kernel()' has been dropped in > 2.4. There are still a few places. Should there be a separate > file-sub-system > lock, perhaps later evolving into a /per filesystem lock? > > Under what circumstances in the file-system code does one still have > to (or should) lock down the kernel? Rusty wrote an `unreliable guide to kernel locking', available as linux/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.* (there are various formats available for it, see the makefile for details). -- Revolutions do not require corporate support. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
