linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: Push ioctl BKL down into the i2c code

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Date:	Fri, 23 May 2008 11:46:39 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	i2c@...sensors.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: Push ioctl BKL down into the i2c code

On Fri, 23 May 2008 09:35:45 +0200
Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org> wrote:

> Hi Alan,
> 
> On Thu, 22 May 2008 22:23:27 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
> > 
> 
> Description of what the patch does and why it is needed, please. I
> can't apply it without that. My first impression is a patch making the
> code bigger and more complex with no obvious benefit ;)

It pushes the BKL down into the i2c driver. The intention is to remove
the big kernel lock ioctl method from the file_operations structure so
that we can work on getting rid of the big kernel lock for good. It's one
of a series of patches that give me an x86-32 tree with no ->ioctl method
at all.

Similar activity is going on for the other calls made under the BKL the
goal being to push it down into drivers and then eliminate it.

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