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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c index 840ede9ae965..208c7f34323c 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/user_mad.c @@ -777,6 +777,19 @@ static long ib_umad_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, } #endif +/* + * ib_umad_open() does not need the BKL: + * + * - umad_port[] accesses are protected by port_lock, the + * ib_umad_port 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; + * - the ioctl method does not affect any global state outside of the + * file structure being operated on; + * - the port is added to umad_port[] as the last part of module + * initialization so the open method will either immediately run + * -ENXIO, or all required initialization will be done. + */ static int ib_umad_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { struct ib_umad_port *port; |