There is no gadget driver in the tree that actually implements the ioctl operation, so obviously it is not necessary to hold the BKL around the call. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c | 2 -- drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c | 6 ++---- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c index d69eccf..715da23 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/f_fs.c @@ -714,9 +714,7 @@ static long ffs_ep0_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned code, unsigned long value) struct ffs_function *func = ffs->func; ret = func ? ffs_func_revmap_intf(func, value) : -ENODEV; } else if (gadget->ops->ioctl) { - lock_kernel(); ret = gadget->ops->ioctl(gadget, code, value); - unlock_kernel(); } else { ret = -ENOTTY; } diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c index de8a838..5308392 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/inode.c @@ -1299,11 +1299,9 @@ static long dev_ioctl (struct file *fd, unsigned code, unsigned long value) struct usb_gadget *gadget = dev->gadget; long ret = -ENOTTY; - if (gadget->ops->ioctl) { - lock_kernel(); + if (gadget->ops->ioctl) ret = gadget->ops->ioctl (gadget, code, value); - unlock_kernel(); - } + return ret; } -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html