As of now, compat_ioctl already runs without the BKL, whereas ioctl runs with the BKL. This patch first converts changer_fops to use a .unlocked_ioctl member. It applies the same locking rationale than ch_ioctl_compat() uses to ch_ioctl(). Signed-off-by: Mathieu Segaud <mathieu.segaud@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/ch.c | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ch.c b/drivers/scsi/ch.c index 2311019..cead0f5 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/ch.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/ch.c @@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ static int ch_probe(struct device *); static int ch_remove(struct device *); static int ch_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp); static int ch_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp); -static int ch_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, - unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); +static long ch_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT static long ch_ioctl_compat(struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); @@ -130,12 +129,12 @@ static struct scsi_driver ch_template = static const struct file_operations changer_fops = { - .owner = THIS_MODULE, - .open = ch_open, - .release = ch_release, - .ioctl = ch_ioctl, + .owner = THIS_MODULE, + .open = ch_open, + .release = ch_release, + .unlocked_ioctl = ch_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT - .compat_ioctl = ch_ioctl_compat, + .compat_ioctl = ch_ioctl_compat, #endif }; @@ -626,7 +625,7 @@ ch_checkrange(scsi_changer *ch, unsigned int type, unsigned int unit) return 0; } -static int ch_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * file, +static long ch_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { scsi_changer *ch = file->private_data; @@ -887,8 +886,7 @@ static long ch_ioctl_compat(struct file * file, case CHIOINITELEM: case CHIOSVOLTAG: /* compatible */ - return ch_ioctl(NULL /* inode, unused */, - file, cmd, arg); + return ch_ioctl(file, cmd, arg); case CHIOGSTATUS32: { struct changer_element_status32 ces32; -- 1.5.3.8 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html