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authorAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2007-07-31 00:37:43 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-07-31 15:39:37 -0700
commit8daedea656ef48d36d1bda3d1339da484387c710 (patch)
tree3cc3d1048430815042e7336929c8ebfee6cd5a81 /drivers/parport
parentc21b37f6449a3d799c7e75e978391674ee207600 (diff)
downloadlinux-8daedea656ef48d36d1bda3d1339da484387c710.tar.gz
parport_pc locking fix
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8821 reports a might_sleep()
warning due to parport_pc_exit() running platform_device_unregister() while
holding ports_lock.

Just remove the locking: nobody else can access ports_list during module_exit.

Cc: "Mike Sharkey" <mike@pikeaero.com>
Cc: Tim Waugh <tim@cyberelk.net>
Cc: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/parport')
-rw-r--r--drivers/parport/parport_pc.c4
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
index 5d58ad55d85c..e2be84001105 100644
--- a/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
+++ b/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
@@ -3445,7 +3445,6 @@ static void __exit parport_pc_exit(void)
 		pnp_unregister_driver (&parport_pc_pnp_driver);
 	platform_driver_unregister(&parport_pc_platform_driver);
 
-	spin_lock(&ports_lock);
 	while (!list_empty(&ports_list)) {
 		struct parport_pc_private *priv;
 		struct parport *port;
@@ -3455,11 +3454,8 @@ static void __exit parport_pc_exit(void)
 		if (port->dev && port->dev->bus == &platform_bus_type)
 			platform_device_unregister(
 				to_platform_device(port->dev));
-		spin_unlock(&ports_lock);
 		parport_pc_unregister_port(port);
-		spin_lock(&ports_lock);
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&ports_lock);
 }
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Phil Blundell, Tim Waugh, others");