From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753783AbYIWRUG (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:20:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752598AbYIWRTz (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:19:55 -0400 Received: from igw1.br.ibm.com ([32.104.18.24]:33586 "EHLO igw1.br.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752587AbYIWRTy (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:19:54 -0400 From: Rajiv Andrade To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, jmoriss@namei.org, serue@linux.vnet.ibm.com, zohar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, safford@watson.ibm.com, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, debora@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: [PATCH 0/4] BKL removed, RCU addition and pnp remove Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:19:25 -0300 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.6.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 1) Removes unnecessary BKL from tpm.c 2) Changes the num_opens variable name to is_open since it's a binary state 3) Implements the use of RCU to protect tpm_chip_list 4) Insert .remove function in tis_pnp_driver structure TPM: update char dev BKL pushdown TPM: num_opens to is_open variable change TPM: rcu locking TPM: pnp remove drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h | 3 +- drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c | 14 ++++++- 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)