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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c index 840ede9ae96..268a2d23b7c 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c @@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. - * - * $Id: user_mad.c 5596 2006-03-03 01:00:07Z sean.hefty $ */ #include <linux/module.h> @@ -777,6 +775,19 @@ static long ib_umad_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, } #endif +/* + * ib_umad_open() does not need the BKL: + * + * - umad_port[] accesses are protected by port_lock, the + * ib_umad_port structures are properly reference counted, and + * everything else is purely local to the file being created, so + * races against other open calls are not a problem; + * - the ioctl method does not affect any global state outside of the + * file structure being operated on; + * - the port is added to umad_port[] as the last part of module + * initialization so the open method will either immediately run + * -ENXIO, or all required initialization will be done. + */ static int ib_umad_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { struct ib_umad_port *port; |