compat_ioctl: Remove BKL
authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:25:25 +0000 (02:25 +0200)
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:52:08 +0000 (22:52 +0100)
commit348c4b9078ba8d9bef2e453c7ded07fde4748c79
tree27ba0332ccec257e2e69d02875da6d32f2153540
parentfb07a5f857ac8a2035d3f642317b0119b1056a7f
compat_ioctl: Remove BKL

We have always called ioctl conversion handlers under the big kernel lock,
although that is generally not necessary.  In particular it is not needed
for conversion of data structures and for calling sys_ioctl or
do_vfs_ioctl, which will get the BKL again if needed.

Handlers doing more than those two have been moved out, so we can kill off
the BKL from compat_sys_ioctl.  This may significantly improve latencies
with 32 bit applications, and it avoids a common scenario where a thread
acquires the BKL twice.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
fs/compat_ioctl.c