media: dvb_frontend: better document the -EPERM condition

commit da5516b5 upstream

Two readonly ioctls can't be allowed if the frontend device
is opened in read only mode. Explain why.

Reviewed by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c

@@ -1925,9 +1925,23 @@ static int dvb_frontend_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *parg)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY &&
-	    (_IOC_DIR(cmd) != _IOC_READ || cmd == FE_GET_EVENT ||
-	     cmd == FE_DISEQC_RECV_SLAVE_REPLY)) {
+	/*
+	 * If the frontend is opened in read-only mode, only the ioctls
+	 * that don't interfere with the tune logic should be accepted.
+	 * That allows an external application to monitor the DVB QoS and
+	 * statistics parameters.
+	 *
+	 * That matches all _IOR() ioctls, except for two special cases:
+	 *   - FE_GET_EVENT is part of the tuning logic on a DVB application;
+	 *   - FE_DISEQC_RECV_SLAVE_REPLY is part of DiSEqC 2.0
+	 *     setup
+	 * So, those two ioctls should also return -EPERM, as otherwise
+	 * reading from them would interfere with a DVB tune application
+	 */
+	if ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) == O_RDONLY
+	    && (_IOC_DIR(cmd) != _IOC_READ
+		|| cmd == FE_GET_EVENT
+		|| cmd == FE_DISEQC_RECV_SLAVE_REPLY)) {
 		up(&fepriv->sem);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}