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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-14 14:48:31 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-14 14:48:31 -0700 |
| commit | d1794f2c5b5817eb79ccc5e00701ca748d1b073a (patch) | |
| tree | 5a4c98e694e88a8c82f342d0cc9edb2a4cbbef36 /drivers/char/misc.c | |
| parent | a41eebab7537890409ea9dfe0fcda9b5fbdb090d (diff) | |
| parent | 2fceef397f9880b212a74c418290ce69e7ac00eb (diff) | |
Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (146 commits)
IB/umad: BKL is not needed for ib_umad_open()
IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs_open()
bf561-coreb: BKL unneeded for open()
Call fasync() functions without the BKL
snd/PCM: fasync BKL pushdown
ipmi: fasync BKL pushdown
ecryptfs: fasync BKL pushdown
Bluetooth VHCI: fasync BKL pushdown
tty_io: fasync BKL pushdown
tun: fasync BKL pushdown
i2o: fasync BKL pushdown
mpt: fasync BKL pushdown
Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2
Make FAT users happier by not deadlocking
x86-mce: BKL pushdown
vmwatchdog: BKL pushdown
vmcp: BKL pushdown
via-pmu: BKL pushdown
uml-random: BKL pushdown
uml-mmapper: BKL pushdown
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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/misc.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/misc.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c index eaace0db0ff..6e1563c3d30 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc.c @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ #include <linux/device.h> #include <linux/tty.h> #include <linux/kmod.h> +#include <linux/smp_lock.h> /* * Head entry for the doubly linked miscdevice list @@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file) int err = -ENODEV; const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL; + lock_kernel(); mutex_lock(&misc_mtx); list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) { @@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file) fops_put(old_fops); fail: mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx); + unlock_kernel(); return err; } |