The patch titled epca: lock_kernel push down has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is epca-lock_kernel-push-down.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** 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 The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: epca: lock_kernel push down From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Prepare epca for removing the lock from above. Most of epca is internally locked so we can trivially push it down to a few bits of code. Drop the TIOCG/SSOFTCAR handling as that is done *properly* with locks by the mid layer. Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/epca.c | 17 ++--------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/epca.c~epca-lock_kernel-push-down drivers/char/epca.c --- a/drivers/char/epca.c~epca-lock_kernel-push-down +++ a/drivers/char/epca.c @@ -2206,21 +2206,6 @@ static int pc_ioctl(struct tty_struct *t tty_wait_until_sent(tty, 0); digi_send_break(ch, arg ? arg*(HZ/10) : HZ/4); return 0; - case TIOCGSOFTCAR: - if (put_user(C_CLOCAL(tty)?1:0, (unsigned long __user *)arg)) - return -EFAULT; - return 0; - case TIOCSSOFTCAR: - { - unsigned int value; - - if (get_user(value, (unsigned __user *)argp)) - return -EFAULT; - tty->termios->c_cflag = - ((tty->termios->c_cflag & ~CLOCAL) | - (value ? CLOCAL : 0)); - return 0; - } case TIOCMODG: mflag = pc_tiocmget(tty, file); if (put_user(mflag, (unsigned long __user *)argp)) @@ -2253,6 +2238,7 @@ static int pc_ioctl(struct tty_struct *t break; case DIGI_SETAW: case DIGI_SETAF: + lock_kernel(); if (cmd == DIGI_SETAW) { /* Setup an event to indicate when the transmit buffer empties */ spin_lock_irqsave(&epca_lock, flags); @@ -2264,6 +2250,7 @@ static int pc_ioctl(struct tty_struct *t if (tty->ldisc.flush_buffer) tty->ldisc.flush_buffer(tty); } + unlock_kernel(); /* Fall Thru */ case DIGI_SETA: if (copy_from_user(&ch->digiext, argp, sizeof(digi_t))) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch libata-isolate-and-rework-cable-logic.patch pata_amd-fix-sparse-warning.patch 8390-split-8390-support-into-a-pausing-and-a-non-pausing-driver-core.patch parisc-new-termios-definitions.patch megaraid-outb_p-extermination.patch usb-serial-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch ftdi_sio-note-missing-locking.patch usb-serial-note-mos7480-and-option-dont-lock-modem-status.patch io_ti-lock-mcr-and-msr-shadows-properly.patch iuu_phoenix-lock-priv-tiostatus-properly.patch kobil_sct-get-rid-of-unneeded-priv-line_state.patch ti_usb_3410_5052-extend-locking-to-msr-and-shadow-mcr.patch git-watchdog.patch crisv10-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch fix-tty-speed-handling-on-8250.patch uart_get_baud_rate-stop-mangling-termios.patch do_task_stat-dont-take-rcu_read_lock.patch amiserial-prepare-for-locking-relaxation-in-caller.patch cyclades-prepare-for-relaxed-locking-in-callers.patch epca-lock_kernel-push-down.patch esp-lock_kernel-push-down.patch isicom-prepare-for-lock_kernel-push-down.patch isicom-istallion-prepare-for-lock_kernel-pushdown.patch mxser-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch nozomi-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch riscom8-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch rocket-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch serial167-prepare-to-push-bkl-down-into-drivers.patch specialix-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch stallion-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch sx-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch synclink-series-prepare-for-bkl-pushdown.patch viocons-bkl-locking.patch vt_ioctl-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch isdn_tty-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch 68360serial-note-that-there-isnt-any-info-mcr-locking.patch serial_core-prepare-for-bkl-push-down.patch tty-bkl-pushdown.patch tty-bkl-pushdown-fix1.patch redo-locking-of-tty-pgrp.patch put_pid-make-sure-we-dont-free-the-live-pid.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