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compat_ioctl: Remove BKL 

We have always called ioctl conversion handlers under the big kernel lock,
although that is generally not necessary.  In particular it is not needed
for conversion of data structures and for calling sys_ioctl or
do_vfs_ioctl, which will get the BKL again if needed.

Handlers doing more than those two have been moved out, so we can kill off
the BKL from compat_sys_ioctl.  This may significantly improve latencies
with 32 bit applications, and it avoids a common scenario where a thread
acquires the BKL twice.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Arnd Bergmann 2009-10-16 02:25:25 +02:00
parent fb07a5f857
commit 348c4b9078
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@ -1918,9 +1918,7 @@ asmlinkage long compat_sys_ioctl(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
found_handler:
if (t->handler) {
lock_kernel();
error = t->handler(fd, cmd, arg, filp);
unlock_kernel();
goto out_fput;
}