linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lirc: use unlocked

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Date:	Fri, 9 Jul 2010 18:03:18 -0400
From:	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lirc: use unlocked_ioctl

On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 11:35:39PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> New code should not rely on the big kernel lock,
> so use the unlocked_ioctl file operation in lirc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> The lirc code currently conflicts with my removal of the .ioctl
> operation, which I'd like to get into linux-next.
> 
>  drivers/media/IR/ir-lirc-codec.c |    7 +++----
>  drivers/media/IR/lirc_dev.c      |   12 ++++++------
>  drivers/media/IR/lirc_dev.h      |    3 +--
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

Still works for both rx and tx here w/one of my mceusb transceivers here.

Tested-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@...hat.com

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