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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-10-14 17:48:38 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-10-14 17:54:03 +0200
commit83cb16727085b18191f45eb0ede6bf1f97d67a7a (patch)
tree5103ae4ee83c22e76f57f1a46700f074d7d51309 /drivers/char/nvram.c
parent55e858c8483af427144f33b42b818b30612b82b0 (diff)
downloadlinux-83cb16727085b18191f45eb0ede6bf1f97d67a7a.tar.gz
nvram: Drop the BKL from nvram_open()
It's safe to remove the BKL from nvram_open(): there's no open()
versus read() races: nvram_init() is very simple and race-free,
it registers the device then puts it into /proc - there's no
state init to race with.

Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
LKML-Reference: <1255116426-7270-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/nvram.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/nvram.c3
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/nvram.c b/drivers/char/nvram.c
index 2100a8f7bd86..7cf4518c030f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/nvram.c
+++ b/drivers/char/nvram.c
@@ -329,14 +329,12 @@ static int nvram_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 static int nvram_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
 	spin_lock(&nvram_state_lock);
 
 	if ((nvram_open_cnt && (file->f_flags & O_EXCL)) ||
 	    (nvram_open_mode & NVRAM_EXCL) ||
 	    ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (nvram_open_mode & NVRAM_WRITE))) {
 		spin_unlock(&nvram_state_lock);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -347,7 +345,6 @@ static int nvram_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	nvram_open_cnt++;
 
 	spin_unlock(&nvram_state_lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return 0;
 }