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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:33:45 -0600
From: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 03 of 12] random: use unlocked_ioctl
No locking actually needed.
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
diff -r f814137b0bfc -r 6f8bed9c59f7 drivers/char/random.c
--- a/drivers/char/random.c Thu Jan 17 20:25:23 2008 -0600
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c Thu Jan 17 20:25:23 2008 -0600
@@ -1063,8 +1063,7 @@
return (ssize_t)count;
}
-static int random_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
- unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
int size, ent_count;
int __user *p = (int __user *)arg;
@@ -1072,8 +1071,8 @@
switch (cmd) {
case RNDGETENTCNT:
- ent_count = input_pool.entropy_count;
- if (put_user(ent_count, p))
+ /* inherently racy, no point locking */
+ if (put_user(input_pool.entropy_count, p))
return -EFAULT;
return 0;
case RNDADDTOENTCNT:
@@ -1116,13 +1115,13 @@
.read = random_read,
.write = random_write,
.poll = random_poll,
- .ioctl = random_ioctl,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = random_ioctl,
};
const struct file_operations urandom_fops = {
.read = urandom_read,
.write = random_write,
- .ioctl = random_ioctl,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = random_ioctl,
};
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