The cache flush code only locks against itself, so there is no excuse to use the BKL here. This replaces it with a local mutex in order to maintain serialization of flushes. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-m68k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c index 2f431ec..f6aec52 100644 --- a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c +++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/smp.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> +#include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/sem.h> #include <linux/msg.h> #include <linux/shm.h> @@ -374,10 +374,11 @@ cache_flush_060 (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len) asmlinkage int sys_cacheflush (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len) { + static DEFINE_MUTEX(cacheflush_mutex); struct vm_area_struct *vma; int ret = -EINVAL; - lock_kernel(); + mutex_lock(&cacheflush_mutex); if (scope < FLUSH_SCOPE_LINE || scope > FLUSH_SCOPE_ALL || cache & ~FLUSH_CACHE_BOTH) goto out; @@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ sys_cacheflush (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len) } } out: - unlock_kernel(); + mutex_unlock(&cacheflush_mutex); return ret; } -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html