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SubjectRe: [PATCH] block: push down BKL into .locked_ioctl
> Ok, here comes the first step. Can you be more specific
> about what you mean with the open and release methods?
> Do you mean the sg.c and bsg.c chrdev file operations?

No, the open and release methods in struct block_device_operations.
After this the driver API for block devices is BKL free, which
is an important step. To get there the locking in blkdev_get/put
needs to be sorted out first, though.


The ioctl pushdown patch looks good to me, btw.



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