Re: [PATCH] [9/18] BKL-removal: Use unlocked_ioctl for jfs

From: Dave Kleikamp
Date: Sun Jan 27 2008 - 18:05:49 EST


On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 03:17 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Convert jfs_ioctl over to not use the BKL. The only potential race
> I could see was with two ioctls in parallel changing the flags
> and losing the updates. Use the i_mutex to protect against this.
>
> Cc: shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>

Added to the jfs git tree.

Thanks,
Shaggy
--
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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