linux-kernel - [PATCH] cyclades: Prepare for relaxed locking in callers

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Message-ID: <20080220201216.40d70747@core>
Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:12:16 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] cyclades: Prepare for relaxed locking in callers

Basically wrap it in lock_kernel where it is hard to prove the locking is
ok. 

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

diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/cyclades.c linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/cyclades.c
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/cyclades.c	2008-02-19 11:01:43.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/cyclades.c	2008-02-20 11:45:28.000000000 +0000
@@ -3464,6 +3464,8 @@
 	if (serial_paranoia_check(info, tty->name, __FUNCTION__))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	lock_kernel();
+	
 	card = info->card;
 	channel = info->line - card->first_line;
 	if (!IS_CYC_Z(*card)) {
@@ -3506,10 +3508,12 @@
 				((lstatus & C_RS_CTS) ? TIOCM_CTS : 0);
 		} else {
 			result = 0;
+			unlock_kernel();
 			return -ENODEV;
 		}
 
 	}
+	unlock_kernel();
 	return result;
 }				/* cy_tiomget */
 
@@ -3880,6 +3884,7 @@
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "cyc:cy_ioctl ttyC%d, cmd = %x arg = %lx\n",
 		info->line, cmd, arg);
 #endif
+	lock_kernel();
 
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case CYGETMON:
@@ -3988,47 +3993,47 @@
 		p_cuser = argp;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.cts, &p_cuser->cts);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.dsr, &p_cuser->dsr);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.rng, &p_cuser->rng);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.dcd, &p_cuser->dcd);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.rx, &p_cuser->rx);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.tx, &p_cuser->tx);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.frame, &p_cuser->frame);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.overrun, &p_cuser->overrun);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.parity, &p_cuser->parity);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.brk, &p_cuser->brk);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = put_user(cnow.buf_overrun, &p_cuser->buf_overrun);
 		if (ret_val)
-			return ret_val;
+			break;
 		ret_val = 0;
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret_val = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 	}
+	unlock_kernel();
 
 #ifdef CY_DEBUG_OTHER
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "cyc:cy_ioctl done\n");
 #endif
-
 	return ret_val;
 }				/* cy_ioctl */
 
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