From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arnd Bergmann Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: remove BKL from uinput open function Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:32:09 +0100 Message-ID: <201002040832.09805.arnd@arndb.de> References: <201001302257.09354.arnd@arndb.de> <520f0cf11002011518y22c2f097s87872e7b5b1690d7@mail.gmail.com> <20100203050749.GA22110@core.coreip.homeip.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.9]:54237 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756843Ab0BDHco (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2010 02:32:44 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20100203050749.GA22110@core.coreip.homeip.net> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: John Kacur , Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Al Viro , Andrew Morton On Wednesday 03 February 2010, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > OK, so how about the patch below? If it is accepted I will just switch > to > > nonseekable_open(inode, file); > return 0; > > style. I gonna add Al and akpm to CC to see if the patch will stick... Sounds reasonable, if only to prevent this from becoming a FAQ. > VFS: clarify that nonseekable_open() will never fail > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann