From: Arnd Bergmann on
There is no gadget driver in the tree that
actually implements the ioctl operation, so
obviously it is not necessary to hold the
BKL around the call.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd(a)arndb.de>
---
drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c | 2 --
drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c | 6 ++----
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
index d69eccf..715da23 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c
@@ -714,9 +714,7 @@ static long ffs_ep0_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned code, unsigned long value)
struct ffs_function *func = ffs->func;
ret = func ? ffs_func_revmap_intf(func, value) : -ENODEV;
} else if (gadget->ops->ioctl) {
- lock_kernel();
ret = gadget->ops->ioctl(gadget, code, value);
- unlock_kernel();
} else {
ret = -ENOTTY;
}
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
index de8a838..5308392 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c
@@ -1299,11 +1299,9 @@ static long dev_ioctl (struct file *fd, unsigned code, unsigned long value)
struct usb_gadget *gadget = dev->gadget;
long ret = -ENOTTY;

- if (gadget->ops->ioctl) {
- lock_kernel();
+ if (gadget->ops->ioctl)
ret = gadget->ops->ioctl (gadget, code, value);
- unlock_kernel();
- }
+
return ret;
}

--
1.7.0.4

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