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/cs5535_gpio.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c') diff --git a/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c b/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c index c0a4a0bb509..628e3d3249d 100644 --- a/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c +++ b/drivers/char/cs5535_gpio.c @@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ static ssize_t cs5535_gpio_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, return count; } +/* No BKL needed here - "mask" is the only global resource used + here and it's a boot-time parameter */ static int cs5535_gpio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { u32 m = iminor(inode); -- cgit v1.2.3