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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2010-07-03 18:15:10 -0400
committerFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>2010-08-13 18:24:24 -0400
commitb19dd42faf413b4705d4adb38521e82d73fa4249 (patch)
treefbfdea065c3772b2de2c37238af6afcad2e42934 /Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
parentc6d7ba8b12636923f3e30997dec69bed58e176b6 (diff)
bkl: Remove locked .ioctl file operation
The last user is gone, so we can safely remove this Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 94677e7dcb13..ed7e5efc06d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -727,7 +727,6 @@ struct file_operations {
727 ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t); 727 ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
728 int (*readdir) (struct file *, void *, filldir_t); 728 int (*readdir) (struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
729 unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *); 729 unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
730 int (*ioctl) (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
731 long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); 730 long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
732 long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); 731 long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
733 int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *); 732 int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
@@ -768,10 +767,7 @@ otherwise noted.
768 activity on this file and (optionally) go to sleep until there 767 activity on this file and (optionally) go to sleep until there
769 is activity. Called by the select(2) and poll(2) system calls 768 is activity. Called by the select(2) and poll(2) system calls
770 769
771 ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call 770 unlocked_ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call.
772
773 unlocked_ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call. Filesystems that do not
774 require the BKL should use this method instead of the ioctl() above.
775 771
776 compat_ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call when 32 bit system calls 772 compat_ioctl: called by the ioctl(2) system call when 32 bit system calls
777 are used on 64 bit kernels. 773 are used on 64 bit kernels.