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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index bbcc15651a21..2db4283efa8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ prototypes:
ssize_t (*aio_write) (struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *, unsigned long, loff_t);
int (*readdir) (struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
- int (*ioctl) (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int,
- unsigned long);
long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
@@ -409,8 +407,7 @@ write: no
aio_write: no
readdir: no
poll: no
-ioctl: yes (see below)
-unlocked_ioctl: no (see below)
+unlocked_ioctl: no
compat_ioctl: no
mmap: no
open: no
@@ -453,9 +450,6 @@ move ->readdir() to inode_operations and use a separate method for directory
anything that resembles union-mount we won't have a struct file for all
components. And there are other reasons why the current interface is a mess...
-->ioctl() on regular files is superceded by the ->unlocked_ioctl() that
-doesn't take the BKL.
-
->read on directories probably must go away - we should just enforce -EISDIR
in sys_read() and friends.
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