On Wed, Dec 27 2006, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Subject: [patch] block: remove BKL dependency from drivers/block/loop.c
> From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> the block loopback device is protected by lo->lo_ctl_mutex and it does 
> not need to hold the BKL anywhere. Convert its ioctl to unlocked_ioctl 
> and remove the BKL acquire/release from its compat_ioctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

-- 
Jens Axboe

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