From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brownell Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Push the BKL down into the drivers Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 17:40:50 -0700 Message-ID: <200805221740.51016.david-b@pacbell.net> References: <20080522224509.29ede566@core> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: spi-devel-general-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Alan Cox Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080522224509.29ede566@core> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: spi-devel-general-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org Errors-To: spi-devel-general-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-spi.vger.kernel.org On Thursday 22 May 2008, Alan Cox wrote: > Another step to removing ->ioctl and to removing the BKL This happens to not apply with the latest patches; I'll address that. Where is the writeup about exactly what lock_kernel() is supposed to have been protecting against in ioctl code? - Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/