The patch titled Char: mxser_new, remove useless spinlock has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is char-mxser_new-remove-useless-spinlock.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Char: mxser_new, remove useless spinlock From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> gm_lock is useless, since ISA is configured at init time and there it's serialized. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/mxser_new.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/mxser_new.c~char-mxser_new-remove-useless-spinlock drivers/char/mxser_new.c --- a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c~char-mxser_new-remove-useless-spinlock +++ a/drivers/char/mxser_new.c @@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ static int mxvar_diagflag; static unsigned char mxser_msr[MXSER_PORTS + 1]; static struct mxser_mon_ext mon_data_ext; static int mxser_set_baud_method[MXSER_PORTS + 1]; -static spinlock_t gm_lock; #ifdef CONFIG_PCI static int __devinit CheckIsMoxaMust(int io) @@ -1377,7 +1376,6 @@ static int __init mxser_program_mode(int { int id, i, j, n; - spin_lock(&gm_lock); outb(0, port); outb(0, port); outb(0, port); @@ -1385,7 +1383,6 @@ static int __init mxser_program_mode(int (void)inb(port); outb(0, port); (void)inb(port); - spin_unlock(&gm_lock); id = inb(port + 1) & 0x1F; if ((id != C168_ASIC_ID) && @@ -2684,7 +2681,6 @@ static int __init mxser_module_init(void mxvar_sdriver = alloc_tty_driver(MXSER_PORTS + 1); if (!mxvar_sdriver) return -ENOMEM; - spin_lock_init(&gm_lock); printk(KERN_INFO "MOXA Smartio/Industio family driver version %s\n", MXSER_VERSION); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx are git-input.patch char-tty-delete-wake_up_interruptible-after-tty_wakeup.patch char-isicom-remove-tty_hangwakeup-bottomhalves.patch mxser-remove-ambiguous-redefinition-of-init_work.patch make-drivers-char-mxser_newcmxser_hangup-static.patch char-isicom-fix-locking-in-isr.patch char-isicom-augment-card_reset.patch char-isicom-check-card-state-in-isr.patch char-isicom-support-higher-rates.patch char-isicom-correct-probing-removing.patch char-tty_wakeup-cleanup.patch char-mxser-fix-oops-when-removing-opened.patch char-mxser_new-mark-init-functions.patch char-mxser_new-remove-useless-spinlock.patch shrink_slab-handle-bad-shrinkers.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html