Re: [JANITOR PROPOSAL] Switch ioctl functions to ->unlocked_ioctl

[Andi Kleen]

> So if I write my own driver and have never heard of ioctls running on BKL 
> before I can rather be sure that I just can change the interface of the ioctl 
> function, put it in unlocked_ioctl and are fine? Cool.

If you know the BKL is not needed in your code you should use unlocked_ioctl
correct.

-Andi
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