linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/7] sn_hwperf: kill BKL usage

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Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:24:22 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...il.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] sn_hwperf: kill BKL usage

This driver always gave up the BKL in its ioctl function, so just
convert it to unlocked_ioctl and remove the BKL here.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c |    9 ++-------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
index 55ac3c4..d68fe0f 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/sn/kernel/sn2/sn_hwperf.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/nodemask.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -682,8 +681,7 @@ static int sn_hwperf_map_err(int hwperf_err)
 /*
  * ioctl for "sn_hwperf" misc device
  */
-static int
-sn_hwperf_ioctl(struct inode *in, struct file *fp, u32 op, unsigned long arg)
+static long sn_hwperf_ioctl(struct file *fp, u32 op, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct sn_hwperf_ioctl_args a;
 	struct cpuinfo_ia64 *cdata;
@@ -699,8 +697,6 @@ sn_hwperf_ioctl(struct inode *in, struct file *fp, u32 op, unsigned long arg)
 	int i;
 	int j;
 
-	unlock_kernel();
-
 	/* only user requests are allowed here */
 	if ((op & SN_HWPERF_OP_MASK) < 10) {
 		r = -EINVAL;
@@ -859,12 +855,11 @@ sn_hwperf_ioctl(struct inode *in, struct file *fp, u32 op, unsigned long arg)
 error:
 	vfree(p);
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	return r;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations sn_hwperf_fops = {
-	.ioctl = sn_hwperf_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = sn_hwperf_ioctl,
 };
 
 static struct miscdevice sn_hwperf_dev = {
-- 
1.6.3.3

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