Re: [PATCH 1/2] BKL: Remove BKL from default_llseek()

Arnd Bergmann
2009-11-18T18:07:01Z

On Wednesday 18 November 2009, Alan Cox wrote:
> > There are drivers touching f_pos in ioctl() methods, which is vaguely
> > reasonable. There are also driver touching it in their read()/write()
> > methods, which has no effect whatsoever.
>
> osst is the obvious offender. The ioctl ones like mtdchar seem to be
> broken but they have their own locking (or lack thereof) in there own
> lseek so its an internal proble,.
>

The other ones I found before giving up are drivers/s390/char/tape_char.c
and drivers/sbus/char/flash.c.