Re: 2.5.31: modules don't work at all

Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:32:59 -0700 (PDT)

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On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Andrew Morton wrote:
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> Gets tricky with nested lock_kernels.

No, lock-kernel already only increments once, at the first lock_kernel. We
have a totally separate counter for the BKL depth, see <asm/smplock.h>

Linus

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