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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-09 17:07:38 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-09 17:07:38 +0100
commit18821b0408efc92ec2804128ba9382a3bcebf132 (patch)
treef98fbf75e8e8f33965e489879505fb621e2f11bb /drivers/char/misc.c
parentMerge branch 'bkl-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kerne... (diff)
parentagp: Remove the BKL from agp_open (diff)
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Merge branch 'bkl-drivers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'bkl-drivers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: agp: Remove the BKL from agp_open inifiband: Remove BKL from ipath_open() mips: Remove BKL from tb0219 drivers: Remove BKL from scx200_gpio drivers: Remove BKL from pc8736x_gpio parisc: Remove BKL from eisa_eeprom rtc: Remove BKL from efirtc input: Remove BKL from hp_sdc_rtc hw_random: Remove BKL from core macintosh: Remove BKL from ans-lcd nvram: Drop the bkl from non-generic nvram_llseek() nvram: Drop the bkl from nvram_llseek() mem_class: Drop the bkl from memory_open() spi: Remove BKL from spidev_open drivers: Remove BKL from cs5535_gpio drivers: Remove BKL from misc_open
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/misc.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c5
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index 07fa612a58d5..96f1cd086dd2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
#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
@@ -118,8 +117,7 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
struct miscdevice *c;
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) {
@@ -157,7 +155,6 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
fops_put(old_fops);
fail:
mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
- unlock_kernel();
return err;
}