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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2008-02-04 16:47:59 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-02-04 16:47:59 +0100
commit2b06ac867176d5d24757bda7e13f6255d6b96d7b (patch)
tree3a9b1e802b46dfc494f50031e51d118724bf9fa6 /arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
parent2347d933b158932cf2b8aeebae3e5cc16b200bd1 (diff)
downloadlinux-2b06ac867176d5d24757bda7e13f6255d6b96d7b.tar.gz
x86: cpuid, msr: use inode mutex instead of big kernel lock
Instead of grabbing the BKL on seek, use the inode mutex in the style
of generic_file_llseek().

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/msr.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/msr.c14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index bd82850e6519..af51ea8400b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
- *   
- *   Copyright 2000 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2000-2008 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved
  *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ static struct class *msr_class;
 
 static loff_t msr_seek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 {
-	loff_t ret = -EINVAL;
+	loff_t ret;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	switch (orig) {
 	case 0:
 		file->f_pos = offset;
@@ -56,8 +57,11 @@ static loff_t msr_seek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int orig)
 	case 1:
 		file->f_pos += offset;
 		ret = file->f_pos;
+		break;
+	default:
+		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }