Lock totals in 2.4


In the table below, locking documents do not exist for all releases. For most releases it is easy to count the locks but more labor intensive to update a full-fledged reference doc. If a document exists for a release, there is a hyperlink for it.

2.4 tree
Linux version # of global regular spinlocks # of global read/write spinlocks # of files using BKL
2.4.16
(current)
73 23 281
2.4.14 72 23 266
2.4.12 73 24 269
2.4.10 78 24 268
2.4.9 87 24 254
2.4.7 97 24 254
2.4.6 88 24 254
2.4.5 85 24 254
2.4.0
(original doc)
85 24 253


Patches to reduce global locks and BKL usage.

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Last updated: 6/1/02

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