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authorJohan Hovold <jhovold@gmail.com>2013-05-05 20:32:33 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2013-05-16 17:32:23 -0700
commit4746b6c6efcdc3f5ef84f0bc2c39707c6b4e5e24 (patch)
tree862e2c02f5933405a8f12f49840b153d76f89b68 /drivers/usb
parentff93b19eed0d5c124ee7168650a8e2e120ac8ea4 (diff)
downloadlinux-4746b6c6efcdc3f5ef84f0bc2c39707c6b4e5e24.tar.gz
USB: serial: clean up chars_in_buffer
No need to grab disconnect mutex in chars_in_buffer now that no
sub-driver is or should be querying hardware buffers anymore. (They
should use wait_until_sent.)

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/usb')
-rw-r--r--drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c11
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 60caf9cb99f4..4753c005cfb6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -359,20 +359,13 @@ static int serial_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct usb_serial_port *port = tty->driver_data;
 	struct usb_serial *serial = port->serial;
-	int count = 0;
 
 	dev_dbg(tty->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 
-	mutex_lock(&serial->disc_mutex);
-	/* if the device was unplugged then any remaining characters
-	   fell out of the connector ;) */
 	if (serial->disconnected)
-		count = 0;
-	else
-		count = serial->type->chars_in_buffer(tty);
-	mutex_unlock(&serial->disc_mutex);
+		return 0;
 
-	return count;
+	return serial->type->chars_in_buffer(tty);
 }
 
 static void serial_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty, int timeout)