linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HPET: Remove the BKL.

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Message-ID: <8763o2t5yu.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:31:37 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	David John <davidjon@...ontk.org>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clemens@...isch.de,
	venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com, vojtech@...e.cz, bob.picco@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HPET: Remove the BKL.

David John <davidjon@...ontk.org> writes:

> Concurrent access is protected by the spin lock hpet_lock. The
> BKL is not required.

You should probably also convert the .ioctl = ... to .unlocked_ioctl.
Otherwise you still got implicit BKL for the ioctls.

-Andi

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