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Follow the commit link just below it: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6de5bd128d381ad88ac6d419a5e597048eb468cf
by pmjordan 16y ago
Follow the commit link just below it:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6de5bd128d381ad88ac6d419a5e597048eb468cf http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6...
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The one exception is file locking, which is practically always
enabled and does a 'select BKL' instead. This effectively forces
CONFIG_BKL to be enabled until we have solved the fs/lockd
mess and can apply the patch that removes the BKL from fs/locks.c.
This is presumably why there hasn't been a big announcement by core kernel hackers. After all, reduction in BKL use has been an ongoing effort for the last half dozen or so releases and 2.6.37 is yet another milestone but not the end of the road quite yet.