linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/13] [scsi] changed ioctls to unlocked

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Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:24:48 +0000
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	stoyboyker@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	osst@...de.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/13] [scsi] changed ioctls to unlocked

On Tue, 2009-03-24 at 16:12 -0500, stoyboyker@...il.com wrote:
> From: Stoyan Gaydarov <stoyboyker@...il.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stoyan Gaydarov <stoyboyker@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/osst.c |   12 ++++++++----
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/osst.c b/drivers/scsi/osst.c
> index 0ea78d9..80e7e98 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/osst.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/osst.c
> @@ -4856,9 +4856,10 @@ static int os_scsi_tape_close(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
>  
> 
>  /* The ioctl command */
> -static int osst_ioctl(struct inode * inode,struct file * file,
> -	 unsigned int cmd_in, unsigned long arg)
> +static long osst_ioctl(struct file * file, unsigned int cmd_in,
> +	unsigned long arg)
>  {
> +	lock_kernel();

What necessitates the kernel locking?  When st was audited, it didn't
need it; since osst is in many ways a copy of st, I'm surprised it does.

James


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