Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755929AbYAJLk0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:40:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753419AbYAJLkL (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:40:11 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:43437 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752810AbYAJLkI (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:40:08 -0500 Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:39:54 +0000 From: Alasdair G Kergon To: Daniel Phillips Cc: Matt Mackall , Paolo Ciarrocchi , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, gorcunov@gmail.com Subject: Re: [JANITOR PROPOSAL] Switch ioctl functions to ->unlocked_ioctl Message-ID: <20080110113954.GL3510@agk.fab.redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Alasdair G Kergon , Daniel Phillips , Matt Mackall , Paolo Ciarrocchi , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, gorcunov@gmail.com References: <20080108164015.GC31504@one.firstfloor.org> <1199909560.6245.67.camel@cinder.waste.org> <20080109224026.GA4039@agk.fab.redhat.com> <200801100149.16301.phillips@phunq.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200801100149.16301.phillips@phunq.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered in England and Wales, number 03798903. Registered Office: Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 698 Lines: 17 On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 01:49:15AM -0800, Daniel Phillips wrote: > So what stops you from changing to unlocked_ioctl for the main device > mapper ctl_ioctl? Nothing - patches to do this are queued for 2.6.25: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/editing/dm-ioctl-remove-lock_kernel.patch http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/agk/patches/2.6/editing/dm-ioctl-move-compat-code.patch Alasdair -- agk@redhat.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/