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/char/vr41xx_giu.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c') diff --git a/drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c b/drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c index e5ed09192be..412937fdb95 100644 --- a/drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c +++ b/drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c @@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ static ssize_t gpio_write(struct file *file, const char __user *data, return i; } +/* No BKL needed here; only global (giu_nr_pins) is only set + at probe time */ static int gpio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { unsigned int pin; -- cgit v1.2.3