Re: [PATCH] aacraid: BKL push down

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu May 22 2008 - 18:31:22 EST


On Thu, 22 May 2008 14:55:20 -0700 (PDT)
"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 May 2008, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > The aacraid definitely needs the BKL internally right now so push the
> > lock take down into the driver but go no further
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Wrong patch file ??

Correct one below

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 1f7c836..f0aaee7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -692,12 +692,16 @@ static int aac_cfg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
* Bugs: Needs to handle hot plugging
*/

-static int aac_cfg_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
- unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long aac_cfg_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+ unsigned long arg)
{
+ long ret;
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
return -EPERM;
- return aac_do_ioctl(file->private_data, cmd, (void __user *)arg);
+ lock_kernel();
+ ret = aac_do_ioctl(file->private_data, cmd, (void __user *)arg);
+ unlock_kernel();
+ return ret;
}

#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
@@ -1016,7 +1020,7 @@ ssize_t aac_get_serial_number(struct device *device, char *buf)

static const struct file_operations aac_cfg_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
- .ioctl = aac_cfg_ioctl,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = aac_cfg_ioctl,
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
.compat_ioctl = aac_compat_cfg_ioctl,
#endif
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