Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:20:28 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Change paride driver to use unlocked_ioctl instead of ioctl |
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On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 01:14:25PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > I wonder why a simple copy_from_user() requires the BKL.. if pt > does need locking, then probably some mutex inside pt.
Given this is a janitorial project where the people don't even have the hardware to test it's best to do a 1:1 conversion instead of making it more complex.
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