The pad::get_fmt call must be protected by a mutex, but preparing its arguments doesn't need to be. Move the non-critical code out of the mutex-protected section. Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c index 63419b3..6800623 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss_video.c @@ -243,12 +243,11 @@ __iss_video_get_format(struct iss_video *video, struct v4l2_format *format) if (subdev == NULL) return -EINVAL; - mutex_lock(&video->mutex); - fmt.pad = pad; fmt.which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE; - ret = v4l2_subdev_call(subdev, pad, get_fmt, NULL, &fmt); + mutex_lock(&video->mutex); + ret = v4l2_subdev_call(subdev, pad, get_fmt, NULL, &fmt); mutex_unlock(&video->mutex); if (ret) -- 1.8.1.5 -- 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