[PATCH] dtlk: Push down the BKL

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu May 22 2008 - 16:49:32 EST


This is pretty close to eliminating it but needs someone to take the
final steps

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/char/dtlk.c b/drivers/char/dtlk.c
index abde6dd..3fd9284 100644
--- a/drivers/char/dtlk.c
+++ b/drivers/char/dtlk.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h> /* for __init, module_{init,exit} */
#include <linux/poll.h> /* for POLLIN, etc. */
#include <linux/dtlk.h> /* local header file for DoubleTalk values */
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>

#ifdef TRACING
#define TRACE_TEXT(str) printk(str);
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ static ssize_t dtlk_write(struct file *, const char __user *,
static unsigned int dtlk_poll(struct file *, poll_table *);
static int dtlk_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
static int dtlk_release(struct inode *, struct file *);
-static int dtlk_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
- unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
+static long dtlk_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+ unsigned long arg);

static const struct file_operations dtlk_fops =
{
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ static const struct file_operations dtlk_fops =
.read = dtlk_read,
.write = dtlk_write,
.poll = dtlk_poll,
- .ioctl = dtlk_ioctl,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = dtlk_ioctl,
.open = dtlk_open,
.release = dtlk_release,
};
@@ -261,10 +262,8 @@ static void dtlk_timer_tick(unsigned long data)
wake_up_interruptible(&dtlk_process_list);
}

-static int dtlk_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
- struct file *file,
- unsigned int cmd,
- unsigned long arg)
+static long dtlk_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+ unsigned long arg)
{
char __user *argp = (char __user *)arg;
struct dtlk_settings *sp;
@@ -274,17 +273,21 @@ static int dtlk_ioctl(struct inode *inode,
switch (cmd) {

case DTLK_INTERROGATE:
+ lock_kernel();
sp = dtlk_interrogate();
+ unlock_kernel();
if (copy_to_user(argp, sp, sizeof(struct dtlk_settings)))
return -EINVAL;
return 0;

case DTLK_STATUS:
+ lock_kernel();
portval = inb_p(dtlk_port_tts);
+ unlock_kernel();
return put_user(portval, argp);

default:
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -ENOTTY;
}
}

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