Re: [PATCH 1/2] compat_ioctl: remove VT specific ioctl handlers

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Oct 14 2009 - 12:15:08 EST


On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 05:59:34PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The VT driver now handles all of these ioctls directly, so
> we can remove the handlers from common code.
>
> These are the only handlers that require the BKL because they
> directly perform the ioctl action rather than just converting
> the data structures. Once they are gone, we can remove the
> BKL from the remaining ioctl conversion handlers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/compat_ioctl.c | 188 +----------------------------------------------------
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 187 deletions(-)
>
> I guess it makes sense to merge these two through the BKL removal
> queue.

That's fine with me:
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

thanks,

greg k-h
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