Re: [PATCH 2/7] block: push down BKL into .locked_ioctl

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Jul 08 2010 - 04:36:26 EST


On 2010-07-07 16:51, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> As a preparation for the removal of the big kernel
> lock in the block layer, this removes the BKL
> from the common ioctl handling code, moving it
> into every single driver still using it.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
> index ad3ddef..fc593fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
> +++ b/drivers/message/i2o/i2o_block.c
> @@ -941,8 +930,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operations i2o_block_fops = {
> .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .open = i2o_block_open,
> .release = i2o_block_release,
> - .ioctl = i2o_block_ioctl,
> - .compat_ioctl = i2o_block_ioctl,
> + .locked_ioctl = i2o_block_ioctl,
> .getgeo = i2o_block_getgeo,
> .media_changed = i2o_block_media_changed
> };

Hmm?

--
Jens Axboe

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