[merged] dm_ioctl-use-nonseekable_open.patch removed from -mm tree

[akpm@linux-foundation.org]

The patch titled
     dm_ioctl: use nonseekable_open
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     dm_ioctl-use-nonseekable_open.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/

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Subject: dm_ioctl: use nonseekable_open
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@relay.de.ibm.com>

The dm control device does not implement read/write, so it has no use for
seeking.  Using no_llseek prevents falling back to default_llseek, which
requires the BKL.

[fweisbec@gmail.com: drop useless llseek = no_llseek]
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff -puN drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c~dm_ioctl-use-nonseekable_open drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c~dm_ioctl-use-nonseekable_open
+++ a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@ static long dm_compat_ctl_ioctl(struct f
 #endif
 
 static const struct file_operations _ctl_fops = {
+	.open = nonseekable_open,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	 = dm_ctl_ioctl,
 	.compat_ioctl = dm_compat_ctl_ioctl,
 	.owner	 = THIS_MODULE,
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from arnd@relay.de.ibm.com are

linux-next.patch