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* 'bkl/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing:
  do_coredump: Do not take BKL
  init: Remove the BKL from startup code
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torvalds committed Aug 8, 2010
2 parents cd816a0 + 5f202bd commit 7841733
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7 changes: 0 additions & 7 deletions fs/exec.c
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#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/stat.h>
#include <linux/fcntl.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
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*/
clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);

/*
* lock_kernel() because format_corename() is controlled by sysctl, which
* uses lock_kernel()
*/
lock_kernel();
ispipe = format_corename(corename, signr);
unlock_kernel();

if (ispipe) {
int dump_count;
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5 changes: 0 additions & 5 deletions init/main.c
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kthreadd_task = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, &init_pid_ns);
rcu_read_unlock();
complete(&kthreadd_done);
unlock_kernel();

/*
* The boot idle thread must execute schedule()
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* Interrupts are still disabled. Do necessary setups, then
* enable them
*/
lock_kernel();
tick_init();
boot_cpu_init();
page_address_init();
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/* need to finish all async __init code before freeing the memory */
async_synchronize_full();
free_initmem();
unlock_kernel();
mark_rodata_ro();
system_state = SYSTEM_RUNNING;
numa_default_policy();
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* Wait until kthreadd is all set-up.
*/
wait_for_completion(&kthreadd_done);
lock_kernel();

/*
* init can allocate pages on any node
*/
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8 changes: 0 additions & 8 deletions kernel/trace/trace.c
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return -1;
}

/*
* When this gets called we hold the BKL which means that
* preemption is disabled. Various trace selftests however
* need to disable and enable preemption for successful tests.
* So we drop the BKL here and grab it after the tests again.
*/
unlock_kernel();
mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);

tracing_selftest_running = true;
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#endif

out_unlock:
lock_kernel();
return ret;
}

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