Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:57:32 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/5] tty: handle VT specific compat ioctls in vt driver |
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On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:23:58 +0200 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > > On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 03:09:28PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > The VT specific compat_ioctl handlers are the only ones > > in common code that require the BKL. Moving them into > > the vt driver lets us remove the BKL from the other handlers > > and cleans up the code. > > > Why does it require the bkl?
It's always taken the BKL - you have to prove it doesn't need it. Which btw isn't true - it does need it in various places still.
Alan
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