From: akpm@linux-foundation.org
To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: aciddeath@gmail.com
Subject: + phonedev-remove-bkl.patch added to -mm tree
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:28:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200810161928.m9GJS4GG007166@imap1.linux-foundation.org> (raw)
The patch titled
phonedev: remove BKL
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
phonedev-remove-bkl.patch
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Subject: phonedev: remove BKL
From: Richard Holden <aciddeath@gmail.com>
The phone_device array is covered by the phone_lock mutex in all cases and
request_module no longer needs the BKL so we can remove the only remaining
instance of the BKL from phonedev.
Signed-off-by: Richard Holden <aciddeath@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
drivers/telephony/phonedev.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/telephony/phonedev.c~phonedev-remove-bkl drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
--- a/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c~phonedev-remove-bkl
+++ a/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static int phone_open(struct inode *inod
if (minor >= PHONE_NUM_DEVICES)
return -ENODEV;
- lock_kernel();
mutex_lock(&phone_lock);
p = phone_device[minor];
if (p)
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ static int phone_open(struct inode *inod
fops_put(old_fops);
end:
mutex_unlock(&phone_lock);
- unlock_kernel();
return err;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from aciddeath@gmail.com are
phonedev-remove-bkl.patch
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