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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-08-13 20:52:35 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-08-13 20:52:35 -0400
commit10041d2d14688e207d0d829095147aa82c1f211b (patch)
tree57ef361d05e6bbffe3ec490ca9110878a6e969e2 /Documentation/filesystems/Locking
parent4914c7f881845367b9198631a014ab466329b9e5 (diff)
parentb19dd42faf413b4705d4adb38521e82d73fa4249 (diff)
Merge branch 'bkl/ioctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing
* 'bkl/ioctl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/frederic/random-tracing: bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operation v4l: Remove reference to bkl ioctl in compat ioctl handling logfs: kill BKL
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index bbcc15651a2..2db4283efa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ prototypes:
374 ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); 374 ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
375 int (*readdir) (struct file *, void *, filldir_t); 375 int (*readdir) (struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
376 unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *); 376 unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
377 int (*ioctl) (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int,
378 unsigned long);
379 long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); 377 long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
380 long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); 378 long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
381 int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *); 379 int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
@@ -409,8 +407,7 @@ write: no
409aio_write: no 407aio_write: no
410readdir: no 408readdir: no
411poll: no 409poll: no
412ioctl: yes (see below) 410unlocked_ioctl: no
413unlocked_ioctl: no (see below)
414compat_ioctl: no 411compat_ioctl: no
415mmap: no 412mmap: no
416open: no 413open: no
@@ -453,9 +450,6 @@ move ->readdir() to inode_operations and use a separate method for directory
453anything that resembles union-mount we won't have a struct file for all 450anything that resembles union-mount we won't have a struct file for all
454components. And there are other reasons why the current interface is a mess... 451components. And there are other reasons why the current interface is a mess...
455 452
456->ioctl() on regular files is superceded by the ->unlocked_ioctl() that
457doesn't take the BKL.
458
459->read on directories probably must go away - we should just enforce -EISDIR 453->read on directories probably must go away - we should just enforce -EISDIR
460in sys_read() and friends. 454in sys_read() and friends.
461 455