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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Change paride driver to use unlocked_ioctl instead of ioctl
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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