* Jon Smirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Previously all of the IOCTL calls were protected by the Big Kernel
> Lock. If we break that aren't we allowing multiple callers into the
> IOCTL code on SMP machines that weren't allowed in before? Doesn't
> that mean that we have to check everything to make sure it is SMP
> safe?
as Alan mentioned it before, the BKL did not protect much, since the DRM
code was freely doing copying from and to userspace, and hence dropping
the BKL at those places.
but yes, best would be to drop the BKL as soon as possible and check
everything.
Ingo
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