The bt8xx driver only uses the big kernel lock in its dst_ca_ioctl function and never to serialize against other code, so we can trivially replace it with a private mutex. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c index cf87051..d75788b 100644 --- a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/init.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> +#include <linux/mutex.h> #include <linux/string.h> #include <linux/dvb/ca.h> #include "dvbdev.h" @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ } while(0) +static DEFINE_MUTEX(dst_ca_mutex); static unsigned int verbose = 5; module_param(verbose, int, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "verbose startup messages, default is 1 (yes)"); @@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ static long dst_ca_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ioct void __user *arg = (void __user *)ioctl_arg; int result = 0; - lock_kernel(); + mutex_lock(&dst_ca_mutex); dvbdev = file->private_data; state = (struct dst_state *)dvbdev->priv; p_ca_message = kmalloc(sizeof (struct ca_msg), GFP_KERNEL); @@ -652,7 +653,7 @@ static long dst_ca_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ioct kfree (p_ca_slot_info); kfree (p_ca_caps); - unlock_kernel(); + mutex_unlock(&dst_ca_mutex); return result; } -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
