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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
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Subject: Re: AIM7 40% regression with 2.6.26-rc1
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On Wed, 7 May 2008, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 
> One patch I'd still like Yanmin to test is my one from yesterday which
> removes the BKL from fs/locks.c.

And I'd personally rather have the network-fs people test and comment on 
that one ;)

I think that patch is worth looking at regardless, but the problems with 
that one aren't about performance, but about what the implications are for 
the filesystems (if any)...

		Linus