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Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:44:46 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:bkl/core] sys: Remove BKL from sys_reboot

Commit-ID:  6f15fa50087c8317e353145319466afbeb27a75d
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/6f15fa50087c8317e353145319466afbeb27a75d
Author:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
AuthorDate: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 20:31:33 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:31:10 +0200

sys: Remove BKL from sys_reboot

Serialization of sys_reboot can be done local. The BKL is not
protecting anything else.

LKML-Reference: <20091010153349.405590702@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/sys.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 255475d..22ea955 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/mman.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/prctl.h>
@@ -349,6 +348,9 @@ void kernel_power_off(void)
 	machine_power_off();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kernel_power_off);
+
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(reboot_mutex);
+
 /*
  * Reboot system call: for obvious reasons only root may call it,
  * and even root needs to set up some magic numbers in the registers
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(reboot, int, magic1, int, magic2, unsigned int, cmd,
 	if ((cmd == LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_POWER_OFF) && !pm_power_off)
 		cmd = LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&reboot_mutex);
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART:
 		kernel_restart(NULL);
@@ -397,20 +399,18 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(reboot, int, magic1, int, magic2, unsigned int, cmd,
 
 	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT:
 		kernel_halt();
-		unlock_kernel();
 		do_exit(0);
 		panic("cannot halt");
 
 	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_POWER_OFF:
 		kernel_power_off();
-		unlock_kernel();
 		do_exit(0);
 		break;
 
 	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2:
 		if (strncpy_from_user(&buffer[0], arg, sizeof(buffer) - 1) < 0) {
-			unlock_kernel();
-			return -EFAULT;
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			break;
 		}
 		buffer[sizeof(buffer) - 1] = '\0';
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(reboot, int, magic1, int, magic2, unsigned int, cmd,
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	}
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&reboot_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
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