On Thu, 22 May 2008 14:55:20 -0700 (PDT)
"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:

quoted text
> On Thu, 22 May 2008, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > The aacraid definitely needs the BKL internally right now so push the
> > lock take down into the driver but go no further
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
> 
> Wrong patch file ??

Correct one below

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 1f7c836..f0aaee7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -692,12 +692,16 @@ static int aac_cfg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
  *	Bugs: Needs to handle hot plugging
  */
 
-static int aac_cfg_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
-		unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long aac_cfg_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+							unsigned long arg)
 {
+	long ret;
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
 		return -EPERM;
-	return aac_do_ioctl(file->private_data, cmd, (void __user *)arg);
+	lock_kernel();
+	ret = aac_do_ioctl(file->private_data, cmd, (void __user *)arg);
+	unlock_kernel();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
@@ -1016,7 +1020,7 @@ ssize_t aac_get_serial_number(struct device *device, char *buf)
 
 static const struct file_operations aac_cfg_fops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
-	.ioctl		= aac_cfg_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= aac_cfg_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl   = aac_compat_cfg_ioctl,
 #endif
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