The patch titled
spidev: BKL removal
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
spidev-bkl-removal.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: spidev: BKL removal
From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Another step to removing ->ioctl and to removing the BKL
[dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: take final step; BKL not needed]
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/spi/spidev.c | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/spi/spidev.c~spidev-bkl-removal drivers/spi/spidev.c
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c~spidev-bkl-removal
+++ a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ static int spidev_message(struct spidev_
* We walk the array of user-provided transfers, using each one
* to initialize a kernel version of the same transfer.
*/
- mutex_lock(&spidev->buf_lock);
buf = spidev->buffer;
total = 0;
for (n = n_xfers, k_tmp = k_xfers, u_tmp = u_xfers;
@@ -296,14 +295,12 @@ static int spidev_message(struct spidev_
status = total;
done:
- mutex_unlock(&spidev->buf_lock);
kfree(k_xfers);
return status;
}
-static int
-spidev_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
- unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
+static long
+spidev_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
int err = 0;
int retval = 0;
@@ -341,6 +338,14 @@ spidev_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct
if (spi == NULL)
return -ESHUTDOWN;
+ /* use the buffer lock here for triple duty:
+ * - prevent I/O (from us) so calling spi_setup() is safe;
+ * - prevent concurrent SPI_IOC_WR_* from morphing
+ * data fields while SPI_IOC_RD_* reads them;
+ * - SPI_IOC_MESSAGE needs the buffer locked "normally".
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&spidev->buf_lock);
+
switch (cmd) {
/* read requests */
case SPI_IOC_RD_MODE:
@@ -456,6 +461,8 @@ spidev_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct
kfree(ioc);
break;
}
+
+ mutex_unlock(&spidev->buf_lock);
spi_dev_put(spi);
return retval;
}
@@ -533,7 +540,7 @@ static struct file_operations spidev_fop
*/
.write = spidev_write,
.read = spidev_read,
- .ioctl = spidev_ioctl,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = spidev_ioctl,
.open = spidev_open,
.release = spidev_release,
};
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
add-time_is_after_jiffies-and-others-which-compare-with-jiffies.patch
pata_viac-add-flag-for-vx800-and-add-a-function-for-fixing-internal-bugs-for-via-chipsets.patch
pnp-set-the-pnp_card-dma_mask-for-use-by-isapnp-cards.patch
isa-set-24-bit-dma_mask-for-isa-devices.patch
coredump-format_corename-fix-the-core_uses_pid-logic.patch
efirtc-push-down-the-bkl.patch
ip2-push-bkl-down-for-the-firmware-interface.patch
mwave-ioctl-bkl-pushdown.patch
rio-push-down-the-bkl-into-the-firmware-ioctl-handler.patch
sx-push-bkl-down-into-the-firmware-ioctl-handler.patch
ixj-push-bkl-into-driver-and-wrap-ioctls.patch
ppdev-wrap-ioctl-handler-in-driver-and-push-lock-down.patch
ds1302-push-down-the-bkl-into-the-driver-ioctl-code.patch
dsp56k-bkl-pushdown.patch
char-merge-ip2main-and-ip2base.patch
char-ip2-cleanup-globals.patch
char-ip2-fix-sparse-warnings.patch
char-ip2-init-deinit-cleanup.patch
ip2-avoid-add_timer-with-pending-timer.patch
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