The patch titled sx: prepare for BKL pushdown has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was sx-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: sx: prepare for BKL pushdown From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Wrap the ioctl handler, and in this case the break handler also in the BKL. Remove bogus softcar handlers. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/sx.c | 17 ++++------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/sx.c~sx-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown drivers/char/sx.c --- a/drivers/char/sx.c~sx-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown +++ a/drivers/char/sx.c @@ -1844,6 +1844,7 @@ static void sx_break(struct tty_struct * int rv; func_enter(); + lock_kernel(); if (flag) rv = sx_send_command(port, HS_START, -1, HS_IDLE_BREAK); @@ -1852,7 +1853,7 @@ static void sx_break(struct tty_struct * if (rv != 1) printk(KERN_ERR "sx: couldn't send break (%x).\n", read_sx_byte(port->board, CHAN_OFFSET(port, hi_hstat))); - + unlock_kernel(); func_exit(); } @@ -1888,23 +1889,12 @@ static int sx_ioctl(struct tty_struct *t int rc; struct sx_port *port = tty->driver_data; void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg; - int ival; /* func_enter2(); */ rc = 0; + lock_kernel(); switch (cmd) { - case TIOCGSOFTCAR: - rc = put_user(((tty->termios->c_cflag & CLOCAL) ? 1 : 0), - (unsigned __user *)argp); - break; - case TIOCSSOFTCAR: - if ((rc = get_user(ival, (unsigned __user *)argp)) == 0) { - tty->termios->c_cflag = - (tty->termios->c_cflag & ~CLOCAL) | - (ival ? CLOCAL : 0); - } - break; case TIOCGSERIAL: rc = gs_getserial(&port->gs, argp); break; @@ -1915,6 +1905,7 @@ static int sx_ioctl(struct tty_struct *t rc = -ENOIOCTLCMD; break; } + unlock_kernel(); /* func_exit(); */ return rc; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch add-time_is_after_jiffies-and-others-which-compare-with-jiffies.patch pata_atiixp-simplex-clear.patch pata_atiixp-dont-disable.patch 8390-split-8390-support-into-a-pausing-and-a-non-pausing-driver-core.patch parisc-new-termios-definitions.patch generic-irq-let-setup_irq-reenable-a-shared-irq.patch 8250-switch-8250-drivers-to-use-_nocache-ioremaps.patch sxc-fix-printk-warnings-on-sparc32.patch put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html