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Re: [PATCH] mmtimer: Push BKL down into the ioctl handler

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From: Jes Sorensen <jes@...>
To: Alan Cox <alan@...>
Cc: <linux-ia64@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmtimer: Push BKL down into the ioctl handler
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008 - 7:49 am

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

Alan> Switches to unlocked_ioctl read to remove ioctl BKL method. Fix
Alan> the unknown ioctl return. Probably a nice easy one to kill off
Alan> BKL usage entirely later

Alan> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>

Looks good to me, I should check whether we can't just kill the
lock_kernel() here - I suspect it shouldn't be an issue.

Acked-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>

Cheers,
Jes
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[PATCH] mmtimer: Push BKL down into the ioctl handler, Alan Cox, (Thu May 22, 4:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH] mmtimer: Push BKL down into the ioctl handler, Jes Sorensen, (Thu May 29, 7:49 am)