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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-05-16 19:40:30 (GMT)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-06-20 20:05:50 (GMT)
commitd21c95c569c462da20d491b75d0a45bd70ddc1bf (patch)
treec5efcd4a1ae50101a56abc1f5a27ef5173da209d /drivers/scsi
parent39d95b9d857ad9ed335dd1a2d6c6de1f1ee69ce1 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-d21c95c569c462da20d491b75d0a45bd70ddc1bf.tar.xz
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 <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi')
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/megaraid.c5
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c1
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
index b31faec..2239d16 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c
@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ out:
} /* End twa_chrdev_ioctl() */
/* This function handles open for the character device */
+/* NOTE that this function will race with remove; adding BKL
+ will not help. */
static int twa_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
unsigned int minor_number;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
index 8c22329..bbff029 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,8 @@ out:
} /* End tw_chrdev_ioctl() */
/* This function handles open for the character device */
+/* NOTE that this function races with remove - adding BKL
+ won't help */
static int tw_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
unsigned int minor_number;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
index 18551aa..c9aa2c4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
@@ -3272,8 +3272,9 @@ mega_init_scb(adapter_t *adapter)
* @filep - unused
*
* Routines for the character/ioctl interface to the driver. Find out if this
- * is a valid open. If yes, increment the module use count so that it cannot
- * be unloaded.
+ * is a valid open.
+ *
+ * No BKL needed here.
*/
static int
megadev_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
index 7d84c8b..81374b7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c
@@ -2860,6 +2860,7 @@ static void megasas_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
/**
* megasas_mgmt_open - char node "open" entry point
+ * No BKL is needed here.
*/
static int megasas_mgmt_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
{