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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c index 195f97302fe5..b41dd26bbfa1 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ #include <linux/in.h> #include <linux/in6.h> #include <linux/miscdevice.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <rdma/rdma_user_cm.h> #include <rdma/ib_marshall.h> @@ -1149,6 +1148,14 @@ static unsigned int ucma_poll(struct file *filp, struct poll_table_struct *wait) return mask; } +/* + * ucma_open() does not need the BKL: + * + * - no global state is referred to; + * - there is no ioctl method to race against; + * - no further module initialization is required for open to work + * after the device is registered. + */ static int ucma_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { struct ucma_file *file; @@ -1157,7 +1164,6 @@ static int ucma_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) if (!file) return -ENOMEM; - lock_kernel(); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->event_list); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ctx_list); init_waitqueue_head(&file->poll_wait); @@ -1165,7 +1171,6 @@ static int ucma_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) filp->private_data = file; file->filp = filp; - unlock_kernel(); return 0; } |