From: Arnd Bergmann The dm control device does not implement read/write, so it has no use for seeking. Using no_llseek prevents falling back to default_llseek, which requires the BKL. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon --- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) Index: linux-2.6.35/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.35.orig/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c +++ linux-2.6.35/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c @@ -1602,6 +1602,7 @@ static long dm_compat_ctl_ioctl(struct f #endif static const struct file_operations _ctl_fops = { + .open = nonseekable_open, .unlocked_ioctl = dm_ctl_ioctl, .compat_ioctl = dm_compat_ctl_ioctl, .owner = THIS_MODULE,