linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/7] coda/psdev: remove BKL from ioctl function

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:24:24 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] coda/psdev: remove BKL from ioctl function

The ioctl function returns constant results, so it obviously
does not need the BKL and can be converted to unlocked_ioctl.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 fs/coda/psdev.c |    5 ++---
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/coda/psdev.c b/fs/coda/psdev.c
index be4392c..66b9cf7 100644
--- a/fs/coda/psdev.c
+++ b/fs/coda/psdev.c
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ static unsigned int coda_psdev_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
 	return mask;
 }
 
-static int coda_psdev_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, 
-			    unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long coda_psdev_ioctl(struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	unsigned int data;
 
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ static const struct file_operations coda_psdev_fops = {
 	.read		= coda_psdev_read,
 	.write		= coda_psdev_write,
 	.poll		= coda_psdev_poll,
-	.ioctl		= coda_psdev_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= coda_psdev_ioctl,
 	.open		= coda_psdev_open,
 	.release	= coda_psdev_release,
 };
-- 
1.6.3.3

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/