Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:16:06 -0700
From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Paolo Ciarrocchi <paolo.ciarrocchi@gmail.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, gorcunov@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [JANITOR PROPOSAL] Switch ioctl functions to ->unlocked_ioctl
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On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 09:03:13PM +0100, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> On Jan 8, 2008 9:00 PM, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 08:58:04PM +0100, Paolo Ciarrocchi wrote:
> > > -static const struct file_operations rtc_fops = {
> > > +static long rtc_fioctl(struct file_operations rtc_fops)
> > > +{
> > > +     lock_kernel();
> > >       .owner          = THIS_MODULE,
> >
> > You should probably restrict yourself to files that you can at least
> > compile ...
> 
> Yes of course, I've been silly in didn't verify whether the file compile
> but I would appreciate to know whether I'm on the right track or not.

Well ... you're not.

You've deleted the definition of rtc_fops for no reason I can tell.

You put an unlock_kernel() on every place that invokes break;.  You
should instead have put an unlock_kernel() before every return;.

You needed to put a lock_kernel() at the beginning of rtc_ioctl().

You needed to adjust the prototype of rtc_ioctl().

Honestly, if your C skills are as weak as they seem to be, you may be
better off trying to gain experience with some other project -- the
patch you sent appeared to be simple cargo-cult programming, and we
don't need that kind of contribution.

-- 
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"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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