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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/char/vr41xx_giu.c
parent39d95b9d857ad9ed335dd1a2d6c6de1f1ee69ce1 (diff)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/vr41xx_giu.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
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;