Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] pktcdvd: improve BKL and compat_ioctl.c usage

From: Randy Dunlap <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:10:44 -0800

On 02/25/10 13:27, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The pktcdvd driver uses proper locking and does not need the
> BKL in the ioctl and llseek functions of the character device,
> so kill both. Moving the compat_ioctl handling from common code
> into the driver itself fixes build problems when CONFIG_BLOCK is
> disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email-masked]>
> 
> ---
> On Thursday 25 February 2010, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> From: Randy Dunlap <[email-masked]>
>>
>> fs/compat_ioctl.c should omit pktcdvd.h and its ioctl when CONFIG_BLOCK
>> is not enabled.  This fixes these build errors:
>>
>> In file included from fs/compat_ioctl.c:105:
>> include/linux/pktcdvd.h:166: error: field 'read_queue' has incomplete type
>> include/linux/pktcdvd.h:167: error: field 'write_queue' has incomplete type
>> include/linux/pktcdvd.h:207: error: field 'orig_bios' has incomplete type
>> make[2]: *** [fs/compat_ioctl.o] Error 1
> 
> How about this one instead, cleaning pktcdvd ioctl handling up for good?

OK, that works too.

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[email-masked]>

thanks,
-- 
~Randy