Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:01:02 -0700
From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
Cc: mpm@selenic.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Random number driver: make random_ioctl as an unlocked_ioctl function
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 05:09:52PM +0530, Nikanth Karthikesan wrote:
> The random_ioctl is registered as an ioctl function but it does not
> require BKL to be held when called. Changing it as an unlocked_ioctl
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>

Acked-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>

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