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x86: change x86 machine check handler to use unlocked_ioctl instead
authorNikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:32:59 +0000 (13:32 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:32:59 +0000 (13:32 +0100)
commitc68461b67d97739707b3fc57618f22091791f2af
tree2e7a67df5f33a0472803b9da373450725fcdf0f8
parentf29192320f22f1617d50a9c790862603eeef64e6
x86: change x86 machine check handler to use unlocked_ioctl instead

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.

To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Change the Machine check handler to use unlocked_ioctl instead of
ioctl handler. Also the mce ioctl handler does not need any lock
protection.

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_64.c