]> err.no Git - linux-2.6/commitdiff
random: use unlocked_ioctl
authorMatt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:02:58 +0000 (01:02 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:06:24 +0000 (08:06 -0700)
No locking actually needed.

Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/char/random.c

index 46944088cf942f81ccc16aa8ec84b817e0ba1277..964d78d31578d3e1cac999ef98976150a888d2ac 100644 (file)
@@ -1062,8 +1062,7 @@ static ssize_t random_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
        return (ssize_t)count;
 }
 
-static int random_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
-                       unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long random_ioctl(struct file *f, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
        int size, ent_count;
        int __user *p = (int __user *)arg;
@@ -1071,8 +1070,8 @@ static int random_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
        switch (cmd) {
        case RNDGETENTCNT:
-               ent_count = input_pool.entropy_count;
-               if (put_user(ent_count, p))
+               /* inherently racy, no point locking */
+               if (put_user(input_pool.entropy_count, p))
                        return -EFAULT;
                return 0;
        case RNDADDTOENTCNT:
@@ -1115,13 +1114,13 @@ const struct file_operations random_fops = {
        .read  = random_read,
        .write = random_write,
        .poll  = random_poll,
-       .ioctl = random_ioctl,
+       .unlocked_ioctl = random_ioctl,
 };
 
 const struct file_operations urandom_fops = {
        .read  = urandom_read,
        .write = random_write,
-       .ioctl = random_ioctl,
+       .unlocked_ioctl = random_ioctl,
 };
 
 /***************************************************************