linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/7] cris: push down BKL into some device drivers

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Message-ID: <20100427172235.GA5586@nowhere>
Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:22:39 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Mikael Starvik <starvik@...s.com>,
	Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@...s.com>,
	Cris <linux-cris-kernel@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] cris: push down BKL into some device drivers

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 04:24:21PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> A number of cris specific device drivers still use the
> locked ->ioctl operation. Convert them to unlocked_ioctl
> with explicit lock_kernel calls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>


(Adding some more cris related Cc on this one)

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