The patch titled
random: use unlocked_ioctl
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
random-use-unlocked_ioctl.patch
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Subject: random: use unlocked_ioctl
From: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
No locking actually needed.
Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/random.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/char/random.c~random-use-unlocked_ioctl drivers/char/random.c
--- a/drivers/char/random.c~random-use-unlocked_ioctl
+++ a/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1063,8 +1063,7 @@ static ssize_t random_write(struct file
return (ssize_t)count;
}
-static int random_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
- unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
int size, ent_count;
int __user *p = (int __user *)arg;
@@ -1072,8 +1071,8 @@ static int random_ioctl(struct inode *in
switch (cmd) {
case RNDGETENTCNT:
- ent_count = input_pool.entropy_count;
- if (put_user(ent_count, p))
+ /* inherently racy, no point locking */
+ if (put_user(input_pool.entropy_count, p))
return -EFAULT;
return 0;
case RNDADDTOENTCNT:
@@ -1116,13 +1115,13 @@ const struct file_operations random_fops
.read = random_read,
.write = random_write,
.poll = random_poll,
- .ioctl = random_ioctl,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = random_ioctl,
};
const struct file_operations urandom_fops = {
.read = urandom_read,
.write = random_write,
- .ioctl = random_ioctl,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = random_ioctl,
};
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git-x86.patch
maps4-add-proportional-set-size-accounting-in-smaps.patch
maps4-rework-task_size-macros.patch
maps4-rework-task_size-macros-mips-fix.patch
maps4-move-is_swap_pte.patch
maps4-introduce-a-generic-page-walker.patch
maps4-use-pagewalker-in-clear_refs-and-smaps.patch
maps4-simplify-interdependence-of-maps-and-smaps.patch
maps4-move-clear_refs-code-to-task_mmuc.patch
maps4-regroup-task_mmu-by-interface.patch
maps4-add-proc-pid-pagemap-interface.patch
maps4-add-proc-pid-pagemap-interface-fix.patch
maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface.patch
maps4-add-proc-kpagecount-interface-fix.patch
maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface.patch
maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix.patch
maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix-2.patch
maps4-add-proc-kpageflags-interface-fix-2-fix.patch
maps4-make-page-monitoring-proc-file-optional.patch
maps4-make-page-monitoring-proc-file-optional-fix.patch
remove-unused-code-from-mm-tiny-shmemc.patch
drivers-char-randomcwrite_pool-cond_resched-needed.patch
random-clean-up-checkpatch-complaints.patch
random-consolidate-wakeup-logic.patch
random-use-unlocked_ioctl.patch
random-reuse-rand_initialize.patch
random-improve-variable-naming-clear-extract-buffer.patch
random-make-backtracking-attacks-harder.patch
random-remove-cacheline-alignment-for-locks.patch
random-eliminate-redundant-new_rotate-variable.patch
random-remove-some-prefetch-logic.patch
random-simplify-add_ptr-logic.patch
random-make-mixing-interface-byte-oriented.patch
random-simplify-and-rename-credit_entropy_store.patch
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