linux-kernel - [PATCH] ieee1394: remove superfluous assertions

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Message-ID: <tkrat.351fd9f1c4787166@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date:	Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:42:31 +0100 (CET)
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ieee1394: remove superfluous assertions

hpsb_read, hpsb_write, hpsb_lock are sleeping functions which nobody is
in danger to use in atomic context.  Besides, in_interrupt does not
cover all types of atomic context.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
---
 drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_transactions.c |    6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

Index: linux/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_transactions.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_transactions.c
+++ linux/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394_transactions.c
@@ -501,8 +501,6 @@ int hpsb_read(struct hpsb_host *host, no
 	if (length == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());	// We can't be called in an interrupt, yet
-
 	packet = hpsb_make_readpacket(host, node, addr, length);
 
 	if (!packet) {
@@ -550,8 +548,6 @@ int hpsb_write(struct hpsb_host *host, n
 	if (length == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());	// We can't be called in an interrupt, yet
-
 	packet = hpsb_make_writepacket(host, node, addr, buffer, length);
 
 	if (!packet)
@@ -577,8 +573,6 @@ int hpsb_lock(struct hpsb_host *host, no
 	struct hpsb_packet *packet;
 	int retval = 0;
 
-	BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
-
 	packet = hpsb_make_lockpacket(host, node, addr, extcode, data, arg);
 	if (!packet)
 		return -ENOMEM;

-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-==--= --=- =----
http://arcgraph.de/sr/

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