Re: [patch 8/9] compat_ioctl: call disk->fops->compat_ioctl without BKL

[Al Viro]

On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 08:19:10PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Normally, all compat_ioctl operations are called without the BKL, the
> block device operations are an exception to this rule.
> 
> Make this work the same as the other handlers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> It would be good to find out whether it has been using the BKL
> on purpose or by accident, before this patch gets applied.

Leave it alone, for now - I'm rebasing my series on top of your 1--7
and it will both makes ->ioctl() and ->compat_ioctl() called unlocked
and switches ->compat_ioctl() to passing bdev instead of struct file
(->unlocked_ioctl() simply dies).
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