* Nikanth Karthikesan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The Machine check handler registers ioctl handler that is called with
> the BKL held. Changing to register unlocked_ioctl instead. Also mce
> ioctl handler does not seem to need any lock protection.
>
> Change the Machine check handler to use unlocked_ioctl instead of
> ioctl handler. Also the mce ioctl handler does not need any lock
> protection.
thanks, applied to x86.git. Mcelog functionality uses cmpxchg so no need
for the BKL there. The ioctl still being BKL is purely historic and it
was never relied on.
Ingo
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