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

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Message-ID: <20080110113954.GL3510@agk.fab.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:39:54 +0000
From:	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
To:	Daniel Phillips <phillips@...nq.net>
Cc:	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@...il.com>,
	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 Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 01:49:15AM -0800, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> So what stops you from changing to unlocked_ioctl for the main device 
> mapper ctl_ioctl?  

Nothing - patches to do this are queued for 2.6.25:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/editing/dm-ioctl-remove-lock_kernel.patch
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/editing/dm-ioctl-move-compat-code.patch

Alasdair
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