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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-05-15 11:07:52 -0600
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-06-20 14:05:48 -0600
commit309c4551c0fa0897d5343c36cbfbfa39f1f41b88 (patch)
tree86c48c9b1653ad781323430ba324fdf52c2b81f1 /drivers/char/misc.c
parent1f439647a4072ec64bb2e4b9290cd7be6aee8328 (diff)
misc: cdev lock_kernel() pushdown
misc_open() looks fine, but who knows what all of the misc drivers are doing in their open() functions? Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/misc.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c3
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;
}