Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [patch 8/9] compat_ioctl: call disk->fops->compat_ioctl without BKL | Date | Sun, 7 Oct 2007 13:02:15 +0200 |
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On Sunday 07 October 2007, Al Viro wrote: > On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 08:19:10PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > It would be good to find out whether it has been using the BKL > > on purpose or by accident, before this patch gets applied. > > Leave it alone, for now - I'm rebasing my series on top of your 1--7 > and it will both makes ->ioctl() and ->compat_ioctl() called unlocked > and switches ->compat_ioctl() to passing bdev instead of struct file > (->unlocked_ioctl() simply dies).
ok, excellent.
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