+ phonedev-remove-bkl.patch added to -mm tree

+ phonedev-remove-bkl.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

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