Re: [PATCH] tty_ioctl: locking for tty_wait_until_sent

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Mar 10 2008 - 18:13:10 EST


Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This function still depends on the big kernel lock in some cases. Push
> locking into the function ready for removal of the BKL from ioctl call
> paths.

Didn't you forget the .ioctl -> .unlocked_ioctl change?

-Andi
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