Re: [PATCH] input: remove BKL from uinput open function

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Thu Feb 04 2010 - 02:32:56 EST


On Wednesday 03 February 2010, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> OK, so how about the patch below? If it is accepted I will just switch
> to
>
> nonseekable_open(inode, file);
> return 0;
>
> style. I gonna add Al and akpm to CC to see if the patch will stick...

Sounds reasonable, if only to prevent this from becoming a FAQ.

> VFS: clarify that nonseekable_open() will never fail
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
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