summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c11
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
index 03078090b5f7..4dbf1db16aca 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_userspace.c
@@ -38,18 +38,7 @@ static int cpufreq_set(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int freq)
if (!per_cpu(cpu_is_managed, policy->cpu))
goto err;
- /*
- * We're safe from concurrent calls to ->target() here
- * as we hold the userspace_mutex lock. If we were calling
- * cpufreq_driver_target, a deadlock situation might occur:
- * A: cpufreq_set (lock userspace_mutex) ->
- * cpufreq_driver_target(lock policy->lock)
- * B: cpufreq_set_policy(lock policy->lock) ->
- * __cpufreq_governor ->
- * cpufreq_governor_userspace (lock userspace_mutex)
- */
ret = __cpufreq_driver_target(policy, freq, CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
-
err:
mutex_unlock(&userspace_mutex);
return ret;