linux-kernel - [PATCH] nozomi: Prepare for BKL pushdown

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Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:21:54 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] nozomi: Prepare for BKL pushdown

We leave the BKL around the rts/dtr handler because there is *no* locking
of any kind on this in the driver. It's not "right" with this change but
it's the same wrong as before..

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/nozomi.c linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/nozomi.c
--- linux.vanilla-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/nozomi.c	2008-02-19 11:03:00.000000000 +0000
+++ linux-2.6.25-rc2-mm1/drivers/char/nozomi.c	2008-02-20 11:45:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -1716,6 +1716,7 @@
 static int ntty_tiocmset(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 	unsigned int set, unsigned int clear)
 {
+	lock_kernel();		/* FIXME: Add internal locking */
 	if (set & TIOCM_RTS)
 		set_rts(tty, 1);
 	else if (clear & TIOCM_RTS)
@@ -1725,7 +1726,7 @@
 		set_dtr(tty, 1);
 	else if (clear & TIOCM_DTR)
 		set_dtr(tty, 0);
-
+	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 }
 
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