From d21c95c569c462da20d491b75d0a45bd70ddc1bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Corbet Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 13:40:30 -0600 Subject: Add "no BKL needed" comments to several drivers This documents the fact that somebody looked at the relevant open() functions and concluded that, due to their trivial nature, no locking was needed. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c') diff --git a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c index b31faeccb9cd..2239d16fb9b5 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c @@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ out: } /* End twa_chrdev_ioctl() */ /* This function handles open for the character device */ +/* NOTE that this function will race with remove; adding BKL + will not help. */ static int twa_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { unsigned int minor_number; -- cgit v1.2.3