There are three types of input character devices: mousedev, joydev and
evdev. They all use the same major device and, then, their opening is
multiplexed in input_open_file.
After the BKL pushdown, this multiplexing is protected by the BKL. But
there's already a mutex used for adding and removing to the table
indexed by input_open_file.
So, we use this mutex instead of the BKL. Since it will call the
handlers' open function under the mutex, I've checked that the current
functions do not call input_{un,}register_{handler,device}, which are
the only other functions to take the mutex.
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/input.c | 5 ++---
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 41168d5..af9c246 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include "input-compat.h"
MODULE_AUTHOR("Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@xxxxxxx>");
@@ -1881,7 +1880,7 @@ static int input_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
int err;
- lock_kernel();
+ mutex_lock(&input_mutex);
/* No load-on-demand here? */
handler = input_table[iminor(inode) >> 5];
if (!handler || !(new_fops = fops_get(handler->fops))) {
@@ -1909,7 +1908,7 @@ static int input_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}
fops_put(old_fops);
out:
- unlock_kernel();
+ mutex_unlock(&input_mutex);
return err;
}
--
1.6.6.1
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