linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3, RFC] remove BKL from misc

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Date:	Tue, 20 May 2008 01:34:11 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3, RFC] remove BKL from misc_open()

Since all misc drivers that have an open() function now take the
BKL in there, there is no longer the need to take it in the common
misc_open() function.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

---
Index: linux-2.6/drivers/char/misc.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 /*
  * Head entry for the doubly linked miscdevice list
@@ -121,7 +120,6 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inod
 	int err = -ENODEV;
 	const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
 	
-	lock_kernel();
 	mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
 	
 	list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
@@ -159,7 +157,6 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inod
 	fops_put(old_fops);
 fail:
 	mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return err;
 }
 

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