linux-kernel - [PATCH] vt: selection, fix double lock introduced by a merge

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Date:   Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:45:44 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH] vt: selection, fix double lock introduced by a merge

The merge commit cb05c6c82fb0 (Merge 5.6-rc5 into tty-next) introduced a
double lock to set_selection_kernel. vc_sel.lock is locked both in
set_selection_kernel and its callee __set_selection_kernel now.

Remove the latter.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/selection.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index 1a069979866c..582184dd386c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ static int __set_selection_kernel(struct tiocl_selection *v, struct tty_struct *
 	if (ps > pe)	/* make vc_sel.start <= vc_sel.end */
 		swap(ps, pe);
 
-	mutex_lock(&vc_sel.lock);
 	if (vc_sel.cons != vc_cons[fg_console].d) {
 		clear_selection();
 		vc_sel.cons = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
-- 
2.25.1