The patch titled pcspkr: use the global PIT lock has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is pcspkr-use-the-global-pit-lock.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: pcspkr: use the global PIT lock From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Replace the pcspkr private PIT lock by the global PIT lock to serialize the PIT access all over the place. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c | 2 ++ drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c | 11 ++++++++--- include/asm-x86_64/i8253.h | 6 ++++++ 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c~pcspkr-use-the-global-pit-lock arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c --- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c~pcspkr-use-the-global-pit-lock +++ a/arch/x86_64/kernel/time.c @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ #include <acpi/acpi_bus.h> #endif #include <asm/8253pit.h> +#include <asm/i8253.h> #include <asm/pgtable.h> #include <asm/vsyscall.h> #include <asm/timex.h> @@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ static char *timename = NULL; DEFINE_SPINLOCK(rtc_lock); EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtc_lock); DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(i8253_lock); volatile unsigned long __jiffies __section_jiffies = INITIAL_JIFFIES; diff -puN drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c~pcspkr-use-the-global-pit-lock drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c --- a/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c~pcspkr-use-the-global-pit-lock +++ a/drivers/input/misc/pcspkr.c @@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@u MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PC Speaker beeper driver"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); -static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i8253_beep_lock); +#ifdef CONFIG_X86 +/* Use the global PIT lock ! */ +#include <asm/i8253.h> +#else +static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i8253_lock); +#endif static int pcspkr_event(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int type, unsigned int code, int value) { @@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ static int pcspkr_event(struct input_dev if (value > 20 && value < 32767) count = PIT_TICK_RATE / value; - spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_beep_lock, flags); + spin_lock_irqsave(&i8253_lock, flags); if (count) { /* enable counter 2 */ @@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ static int pcspkr_event(struct input_dev outb(inb_p(0x61) & 0xFC, 0x61); } - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_beep_lock, flags); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&i8253_lock, flags); return 0; } diff -puN /dev/null include/asm-x86_64/i8253.h --- /dev/null +++ a/include/asm-x86_64/i8253.h @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +#ifndef __ASM_I8253_H__ +#define __ASM_I8253_H__ + +extern spinlock_t i8253_lock; + +#endif /* __ASM_I8253_H__ */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are git-acpi-add-exports.patch git-arm.patch i386-hpet-check-if-the-counter-works.patch nohz-fix-nohz-x86-dyntick-idle-handling.patch acpi-move-timer-broadcast-and-pmtimer-access-before-c3-arbiter-shutdown.patch timekeeping-fixup-shadow-variable-argument.patch timerc-cleanup-recently-introduced-whitespace-damage.patch clockevents-remove-prototypes-of-removed-functions.patch clockevents-fix-resume-logic.patch clockevents-fix-device-replacement.patch tick-management-spread-timer-interrupt.patch highres-improve-debug-output.patch hrtimer-speedup-hrtimer_enqueue.patch pcspkr-use-the-global-pit-lock.patch ntp-move-the-cmos-update-code-into-ntpc.patch i386-pit-stop-only-when-in-periodic-or-oneshot-mode.patch i386-remove-volatile-in-apicc.patch i386-hpet-assumes-boot-cpu-is-0.patch i386-move-pit-function-declarations-and-constants-to-correct-header-file.patch x86_64-untangle-asm-hpeth-from-asm-timexh.patch x86_64-use-generic-cmos-update.patch x86_64-remove-dead-code-and-other-janitor-work-in-tscc.patch x86_64-fix-apic-typo.patch x86_64-convert-to-cleckevents.patch acpi-remove-the-useless-ifdef-code.patch x86_64-hpet-restore-vread.patch x86_64-restore-restore-nohpet-cmdline.patch x86_64-block-irq-balancing-for-timer.patch x86_64-prep-idle-loop-for-dynticks.patch x86_64-enable-high-resolution-timers-and-dynticks.patch remove-clockevents_releaserequest_device.patch add-a-flag-to-indicate-deferrable-timers-in-proc-timer_stats.patch improve-behaviour-of-spurious-irq-detect.patch improve-behaviour-of-spurious-irq-detect-fix.patch sys_time-speedup.patch lguest-the-host-code.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