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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-05-16 13:40:30 -0600
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-06-20 14:05:50 -0600
commitd21c95c569c462da20d491b75d0a45bd70ddc1bf (patch)
treec5efcd4a1ae50101a56abc1f5a27ef5173da209d /drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
parenttty: cdev lock_kernel() pushdown (diff)
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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 <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 1f4ca2b54a73..dc8505062da7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ static const int npindex_to_ethertype[NUM_NP] = {
* Open instances of /dev/ppp can be in one of three states:
* unattached, attached to a ppp unit, or attached to a ppp channel.
*/
+/* No BKL needed here */
static int ppp_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
/*