From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> compat_ioctl does not use the BKL, so I assume that the native function does not need it either. The open function is already protected by the driver's mutex, the BKL is probably not needed here either. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c | 22 ++-------------------- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c b/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c index 61c76b1..1be0b9f 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c +++ b/drivers/usb/mon/mon_bin.c @@ -646,17 +646,14 @@ static int mon_bin_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) size_t size; int rc; - lock_kernel(); mutex_lock(&mon_lock); if ((mbus = mon_bus_lookup(iminor(inode))) == NULL) { mutex_unlock(&mon_lock); - unlock_kernel(); return -ENODEV; } if (mbus != &mon_bus0 && mbus->u_bus == NULL) { printk(KERN_ERR TAG ": consistency error on open\n"); mutex_unlock(&mon_lock); - unlock_kernel(); return -ENODEV; } @@ -689,7 +686,6 @@ static int mon_bin_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) file->private_data = rp; mutex_unlock(&mon_lock); - unlock_kernel(); return 0; err_allocbuff: @@ -698,7 +694,6 @@ err_allocvec: kfree(rp); err_alloc: mutex_unlock(&mon_lock); - unlock_kernel(); return rc; } @@ -954,7 +949,7 @@ static int mon_bin_queued(struct mon_reader_bin *rp) /* */ -static int mon_bin_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) +static long mon_bin_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { struct mon_reader_bin *rp = file->private_data; // struct mon_bus* mbus = rp->r.m_bus; @@ -1094,19 +1089,6 @@ static int mon_bin_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) return ret; } -static long mon_bin_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, - unsigned long arg) -{ - int ret; - - lock_kernel(); - ret = mon_bin_ioctl(file, cmd, arg); - unlock_kernel(); - - return ret; -} - - #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT static long mon_bin_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) @@ -1250,7 +1232,7 @@ static const struct file_operations mon_fops_binary = { .read = mon_bin_read, /* .write = mon_text_write, */ .poll = mon_bin_poll, - .unlocked_ioctl = mon_bin_unlocked_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = mon_bin_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = mon_bin_compat_ioctl, #endif -- 1.7.2 -- 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