Re: [JANITOR PROPOSAL] Switch ioctl functions to ->unlocked_ioctl

Andi Kleen
2008-01-10T10:04:44Z

> So if I write my own driver and have never heard of ioctls running on BKL
> before I can rather be sure that I just can change the interface of the ioctl
> function, put it in unlocked_ioctl and are fine? Cool.

If you know the BKL is not needed in your code you should use unlocked_ioctl
correct.

-Andi