The patch titled
Remove unneded lock_kernel() in driver/block/loop.c
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
remove-unneded-lock_kernel-in-driver-block-loopc.patch
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Subject: Remove unneded lock_kernel() in driver/block/loop.c
From: Diego Woitasen <diego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Diego Woitasen <diego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 2 --
1 files changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/block/loop.c~remove-unneded-lock_kernel-in-driver-block-loopc drivers/block/loop.c
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c~remove-unneded-lock_kernel-in-driver-block-loopc
+++ a/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1285,7 +1285,6 @@ static long lo_compat_ioctl(struct file
struct loop_device *lo = inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
int err;
- lock_kernel();
switch(cmd) {
case LOOP_SET_STATUS:
mutex_lock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
@@ -1311,7 +1310,6 @@ static long lo_compat_ioctl(struct file
err = -ENOIOCTLCMD;
break;
}
- unlock_kernel();
return err;
}
#endif
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from diego@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
remove-unneded-lock_kernel-in-driver-block-loopc.patch
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