linux-kernel - Re: [JANITOR PROPOSAL] Switch ioctl functions to ->unlocked

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Message-ID: <20080108200044.GI16309@parisc-linux.org>
Date:	Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:00:45 -0700
From:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
To:	Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, gorcunov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [JANITOR PROPOSAL] Switch ioctl functions to ->unlocked_ioctl

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 08:58:04PM +0100, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> -static const struct file_operations rtc_fops = {
> +static long rtc_fioctl(struct file_operations rtc_fops)
> +{
> +	lock_kernel();
>  	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,

You should probably restrict yourself to files that you can at least
compile ...

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