The only purpose of i8k_ioctl() is to call i8k_ioctl_unlocked() with i8k_mutex held. Judging from the hwmon code, this mutex only needs to be held when setting the fan speed/mode. Unify both functions and reduce the locking of i8k_mutex to I8K_SET_FAN. Tested on a Dell Inspiron 3505. Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> --- drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c | 27 +++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c index b5d1703faa62..e2d388f7360e 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c @@ -449,12 +449,12 @@ static int i8k_get_power_status(void) * Procfs interface */ -static int -i8k_ioctl_unlocked(struct file *fp, struct dell_smm_data *data, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) +static long i8k_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { - int val = 0; - int speed, err; + struct dell_smm_data *data = PDE_DATA(file_inode(fp)); int __user *argp = (int __user *)arg; + int speed, err; + int val = 0; if (!argp) return -EINVAL; @@ -516,11 +516,14 @@ i8k_ioctl_unlocked(struct file *fp, struct dell_smm_data *data, unsigned int cmd if (copy_from_user(&speed, argp + 1, sizeof(int))) return -EFAULT; + mutex_lock(&data->i8k_mutex); err = i8k_set_fan(data, val, speed); - if (err < 0) + if (err < 0) { + mutex_unlock(&data->i8k_mutex); return err; - + } val = i8k_get_fan_status(data, val); + mutex_unlock(&data->i8k_mutex); break; default: @@ -536,18 +539,6 @@ i8k_ioctl_unlocked(struct file *fp, struct dell_smm_data *data, unsigned int cmd return 0; } -static long i8k_ioctl(struct file *fp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) -{ - struct dell_smm_data *data = PDE_DATA(file_inode(fp)); - long ret; - - mutex_lock(&data->i8k_mutex); - ret = i8k_ioctl_unlocked(fp, data, cmd, arg); - mutex_unlock(&data->i8k_mutex); - - return ret; -} - /* * Print the information for /proc/i8k. */ -- 2.30.2