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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c index 9494005d1c9..e603736682b 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c @@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ #include <linux/cdev.h> #include <linux/idr.h> #include <linux/mutex.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> @@ -1154,11 +1153,18 @@ static unsigned int ib_ucm_poll(struct file *filp, return mask; } +/* + * ib_ucm_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 ib_ucm_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { struct ib_ucm_file *file; - cycle_kernel_lock(); file = kmalloc(sizeof(*file), GFP_KERNEL); if (!file) return -ENOMEM; |