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.
| 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 |
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Last updated: 6/1/02