Re: [PATCH 4/8] proc/pci: kill BKL

From: Jesse Barnes
Date: Fri Aug 13 2010 - 19:33:14 EST


On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 00:02:28 +0200
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All operations in the pci procfs ioctl functions are
> atomic, so no lock is needed here.
>
> Also add a compat_ioctl method, since all the commands
> are compatible in 32 bit mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---

Oops, I had assumed this was going through some master 'kill the bkl'
tree. Applied to my linux-next branch now though, sorry for the delay.

--
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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