Remove the global epmutex from ep_free() and eventpoll_release_file().
In the later patches, we will add locks with a smaller granularity
to serve the same purposes of epmutex.
Signed-off-by: Hou Tao <houtao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/eventpoll.c | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index 2fabd19..26ab0c5 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ static void ep_free(struct eventpoll *ep)
* anymore. The only hit might come from eventpoll_release_file() but
* holding "epmutex" is sufficient here.
*/
- mutex_lock(&epmutex);
/*
* Walks through the whole tree by unregistering poll callbacks.
@@ -863,7 +862,6 @@ static void ep_free(struct eventpoll *ep)
}
mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
- mutex_unlock(&epmutex);
mutex_destroy(&ep->mtx);
free_uid(ep->user);
wakeup_source_unregister(ep->ws);
@@ -1013,14 +1011,12 @@ void eventpoll_release_file(struct file *file)
*
* Besides, ep_remove() acquires the lock, so we can't hold it here.
*/
- mutex_lock(&epmutex);
list_for_each_entry_safe(epi, next, &file->f_ep_links, fllink) {
ep = epi->ep;
mutex_lock_nested(&ep->mtx, 0);
ep_remove(ep, epi);
mutex_unlock(&ep->mtx);
}
- mutex_unlock(&epmutex);
}
static int ep_alloc(struct eventpoll **pep)
--
2.7.5
