From: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo on
There's no need for BKL in mousedev. It uses lots of locking already
that should handle the open case.

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo(a)holoscopio.com>
---
drivers/input/mousedev.c | 6 ------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/mousedev.c b/drivers/input/mousedev.c
index a13d80f..f34b22b 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mousedev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mousedev.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@

#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
@@ -542,10 +541,8 @@ static int mousedev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if (i >= MOUSEDEV_MINORS)
return -ENODEV;

- lock_kernel();
error = mutex_lock_interruptible(&mousedev_table_mutex);
if (error) {
- unlock_kernel();
return error;
}
mousedev = mousedev_table[i];
@@ -554,7 +551,6 @@ static int mousedev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
mutex_unlock(&mousedev_table_mutex);

if (!mousedev) {
- unlock_kernel();
return -ENODEV;
}

@@ -575,7 +571,6 @@ static int mousedev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
goto err_free_client;

file->private_data = client;
- unlock_kernel();
return 0;

err_free_client:
@@ -583,7 +578,6 @@ static int mousedev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
kfree(client);
err_put_mousedev:
put_device(&mousedev->dev);
- unlock_kernel();
return error;
}

--
1.6.6.1

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