linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/1] Convert drivers in drivers/char/drm to use .unlocked

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Message-ID: <20080109041135.GA7130@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2008 05:11:35 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>
Cc:	Kevin Winchester <kjwinchester@...il.com>,
	dri-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] Convert drivers in drivers/char/drm to use .unlocked_ioctl

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 03:37:50AM +0000, Dave Airlie wrote:
> 
> > The drm drivers in this patch all used drm_ioctl to perform their
> > ioctl calls.  The common function is converted to use lock_kernel()
> > and unlock_kernel() and the drivers are converted to use .unlocked_ioctl
> > 
> 
> NAK

Did you actually read Kevin's patch? 

> 
> I've started looking at this already in the drm git tree, I'm going to 
> provide both locked and unlocked paths for drivers to choose, as we need 

If you do that you'll exactly need Kevin's patch as a base.

-Andi
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