The patch titled
dm_ioctl: use nonseekable_open
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
dm_ioctl-use-nonseekable_open.patch
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Subject: dm_ioctl: use nonseekable_open
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The dm control device does not implement read/write, so it has no use for
seeking. Using no_llseek prevents falling back to default_llseek, which
requires the BKL.
[fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx: drop useless llseek = no_llseek]
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c~dm_ioctl-use-nonseekable_open drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c~dm_ioctl-use-nonseekable_open
+++ a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@ static long dm_compat_ctl_ioctl(struct f
#endif
static const struct file_operations _ctl_fops = {
+ .open = nonseekable_open,
.unlocked_ioctl = dm_ctl_ioctl,
.compat_ioctl = dm_compat_ctl_ioctl,
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from arnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
dm_ioctl-use-nonseekable_open.patch
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