The merge commit cb05c6c82fb0 (Merge 5.6-rc5 into tty-next) introduced a
double lock to set_selection_kernel. vc_sel.lock is locked both in
set_selection_kernel and its callee __set_selection_kernel now.
Remove the latter.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/vt/selection.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index 1a069979866c..582184dd386c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ static int __set_selection_kernel(struct tiocl_selection *v, struct tty_struct *
if (ps > pe) /* make vc_sel.start <= vc_sel.end */
swap(ps, pe);
- mutex_lock(&vc_sel.lock);
if (vc_sel.cons != vc_cons[fg_console].d) {
clear_selection();
vc_sel.cons = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
--
2.25.1
