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

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Date:	Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:22:45 -0500
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
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, 8 Jan 2008 20:58:04 +0100
"Paolo Ciarrocchi" <paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com> wrote:

> -static const struct file_operations rtc_fops = {
> +static long rtc_fioctl(struct file_operations rtc_fops)
> +{
> +	lock_kernel();
>  	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
>  	.llseek		= no_llseek,
>  	.read		= rtc_read,
>  	.poll		= rtc_poll,
> -	.ioctl		= rtc_ioctl,
> +	.unlocked_ioctl	= rtc_ioctl,
>  	.open		= rtc_open,
>  	.release	= rtc_release,
>  	.fasync		= rtc_fasync,
> +	unlock_kernel();
>  };

This is a struct with function pointers, not a function.

No wonder it doesn't compile after you tried turning it into one :)

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