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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html