From d21c95c569c462da20d491b75d0a45bd70ddc1bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Corbet Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:30 -0600 Subject: Add "no BKL needed" comments to several drivers This documents the fact that somebody looked at the relevant open() functions and concluded that, due to their trivial nature, no locking was needed. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- drivers/char/dtlk.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/char/dtlk.c') diff --git a/drivers/char/dtlk.c b/drivers/char/dtlk.c index abde6ddefe6..433388c6023 100644 --- a/drivers/char/dtlk.c +++ b/drivers/char/dtlk.c @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ static int dtlk_ioctl(struct inode *inode, } } +/* No BKL needed here; "dtlk_busy" is the only global resource, + and it is not ever set by anybody (test is broken) */ static int dtlk_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { TRACE_TEXT("(dtlk_open"); -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258