linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] autofs: Pushdown the bkl from ioctl

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Message-ID: <4BF4279C.2000805@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 11:02:04 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Autofs <autofs@...ux.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] autofs: Pushdown the bkl from ioctl

On 05/19/2010 10:24 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>   * generate kernel reactions
>   */
> -static int autofs_root_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
> +static int autofs_root_ioctl_unlocked(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
>  			     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  {
>  	struct autofs_sb_info *sbi = autofs_sbi(inode->i_sb);
> @@ -579,3 +579,16 @@ static int autofs_root_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
>  		return -ENOSYS;
>  	}
>  }
> +
> +static long autofs_root_ioctl(struct file *filp,
> +			     unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
> +{

The choice of naming here seems reverse in my opinion.

	-hpa
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