There is no need to hold the list_lock when initializing the local asd_list of a notifier. Remove the lock handling to simplify the code and remove a potential LOCKDEP warning. Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c index a6d91370838d9342..15b0c44a76e7f6c3 100644 --- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c +++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-async.c @@ -424,11 +424,7 @@ static int v4l2_async_notifier_asd_valid(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier, void v4l2_async_notifier_init(struct v4l2_async_notifier *notifier) { - mutex_lock(&list_lock); - INIT_LIST_HEAD(¬ifier->asd_list); - - mutex_unlock(&list_lock); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(v4l2_async_notifier_init); -- 2.19.2