linux-kernel - [PATCH] stallion: Remove unneeded lock

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Message-ID: <20070703152201.5a8dc86d@the-village.bc.nu>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:22:01 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] stallion: Remove unneeded lock_kernel

Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>

diff -u --new-file --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude --recursive linux.vanilla-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/drivers/char/stallion.c linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/drivers/char/stallion.c
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/drivers/char/stallion.c	2007-07-02 20:50:11.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/drivers/char/stallion.c	2007-07-02 21:06:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -1788,7 +1788,6 @@
 	if (tty == NULL)
 		return;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	if (test_bit(ASYI_TXLOW, &portp->istate))
 		tty_wakeup(tty);
 
@@ -1802,7 +1801,6 @@
 			if (portp->flags & ASYNC_CHECK_CD)
 				tty_hangup(tty);	/* FIXME: module removal race here - AKPM */
 	}
-	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
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