Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6

* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (146 commits)
  IB/umad: BKL is not needed for ib_umad_open()
  IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs_open()
  bf561-coreb: BKL unneeded for open()
  Call fasync() functions without the BKL
  snd/PCM: fasync BKL pushdown
  ipmi: fasync BKL pushdown
  ecryptfs: fasync BKL pushdown
  Bluetooth VHCI: fasync BKL pushdown
  tty_io: fasync BKL pushdown
  tun: fasync BKL pushdown
  i2o: fasync BKL pushdown
  mpt: fasync BKL pushdown
  Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2
  Make FAT users happier by not deadlocking
  x86-mce: BKL pushdown
  vmwatchdog: BKL pushdown
  vmcp: BKL pushdown
  via-pmu: BKL pushdown
  uml-random: BKL pushdown
  uml-mmapper: BKL pushdown
  ...

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
index caed42b..0f34858 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
@@ -610,6 +610,18 @@ static int ib_uverbs_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		return file->device->ib_dev->mmap(file->ucontext, vma);
 }
 
+/*
+ * ib_uverbs_open() does not need the BKL:
+ *
+ *  - dev_table[] accesses are protected by map_lock, the
+ *    ib_uverbs_device structures are properly reference counted, and
+ *    everything else is purely local to the file being created, so
+ *    races against other open calls are not a problem;
+ *  - there is no ioctl method to race against;
+ *  - the device is added to dev_table[] as the last part of module
+ *    initialization, the open method will either immediately run
+ *    -ENXIO, or all required initialization will be done.
+ */
 static int ib_uverbs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct ib_uverbs_device *dev;
@@ -651,7 +663,6 @@ err_module:
 
 err:
 	kref_put(&dev->ref, ib_uverbs_release_dev);
-
 	return ret;
 }