Re: [PATCH] lcd: Push the BKL down into the driver ioctl handler

["Randolf Pohl" <randolf.pohl@gmx.de>]

unlock_kernel() before return:

> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/lcd.c b/drivers/char/lcd.c
> index 4fe9206..1690cfb 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/lcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/lcd.c

[...]

> @@ -399,17 +408,15 @@ static int lcd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
> 			if (__copy_to_user
> 			    ((struct lcd_display *) arg, &button_display,
> 			     sizeof(struct lcd_display)))
> -			      return -EFAULT;
> +			      ret = -EFAULT;
> 			break;
> 		}
>  
> 	default:
> -	      return -EINVAL;
> -
> +	      ret = -ENOTTY;
> 	}
> -
> -       return 0;
> -
> +       lock_kernel();

Shouldn't this be unlock_kernel();

> +       return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static int lcd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> @@ -462,7 +469,7 @@ static ssize_t lcd_read(struct file *file, char *buf,
>  
>  static const struct file_operations lcd_fops = {
> 	.read = lcd_read,
> -       .ioctl = lcd_ioctl,
> +       .unlocked_ioctl = lcd_ioctl,
> 	.open = lcd_open,
>  };


Cheers,

R.
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