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Message-ID: <20080110100657.GB25292@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:06:57 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@...tec.de>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com,
	gorcunov@...il.com
Subject: Re: [JANITOR PROPOSAL] Switch ioctl functions to ->unlocked_ioctl

> So if I write my own driver and have never heard of ioctls running on BKL 
> before I can rather be sure that I just can change the interface of the ioctl 
> function, put it in unlocked_ioctl and are fine? Cool.

If you know the BKL is not needed in your code you should use unlocked_ioctl
correct.

-Andi
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