linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] compat_ioctl: remove VT specific ioctl handlers

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Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:10:55 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Vincent Sanders <vince@...tec.co.uk>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] compat_ioctl: remove VT specific ioctl handlers

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 05:59:34PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The VT driver now handles all of these ioctls directly, so
> we can remove the handlers from common code.
> 
> These are the only handlers that require the BKL because they
> directly perform the ioctl action rather than just converting
> the data structures. Once they are gone, we can remove the
> BKL from the remaining ioctl conversion handlers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>  fs/compat_ioctl.c |  188 +----------------------------------------------------
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 187 deletions(-)
> 
> I guess it makes sense to merge these two through the BKL removal
> queue.

That's fine with me:
	Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

thanks,

greg k-h
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