rfkill_toggle_radio is called from functions where rfkill->mutex is already aquired. Remove the lock from rfkill_toggle_radio() and add it to the only calling function that calls it without the lock held. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> Index: wireless-2.6/net/rfkill/rfkill.c =================================================================== --- wireless-2.6.orig/net/rfkill/rfkill.c 2007-11-20 19:09:35.000000000 +0100 +++ wireless-2.6/net/rfkill/rfkill.c 2007-11-28 17:09:55.000000000 +0100 @@ -60,11 +60,7 @@ static void rfkill_led_trigger(struct rf static int rfkill_toggle_radio(struct rfkill *rfkill, enum rfkill_state state) { - int retval; - - retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rfkill->mutex); - if (retval) - return retval; + int retval = 0; if (state != rfkill->state) { retval = rfkill->toggle_radio(rfkill->data, state); @@ -74,7 +70,6 @@ static int rfkill_toggle_radio(struct rf } } - mutex_unlock(&rfkill->mutex); return retval; } @@ -158,12 +153,13 @@ static ssize_t rfkill_state_store(struct if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; + if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&rfkill->mutex)) + return -ERESTARTSYS; error = rfkill_toggle_radio(rfkill, state ? RFKILL_STATE_ON : RFKILL_STATE_OFF); - if (error) - return error; + mutex_unlock(&rfkill->mutex); - return count; + return error ? error : count; } static ssize_t rfkill_claim_show(struct device *dev, -- Greetings Michael. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html