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-rw-r--r--kernel/kexec.c11
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index b5e40f069768..cb8e6e6f983c 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -93,13 +93,10 @@ static int do_kexec_load(unsigned long entry, unsigned long nr_segments,
/*
* Because we write directly to the reserved memory region when loading
- * crash kernels we need a mutex here to prevent multiple crash kernels
- * from attempting to load simultaneously, and to prevent a crash kernel
- * from loading over the top of a in use crash kernel.
- *
- * KISS: always take the mutex.
+ * crash kernels we need a serialization here to prevent multiple crash
+ * kernels from attempting to load simultaneously.
*/
- if (!mutex_trylock(&kexec_mutex))
+ if (!kexec_trylock())
return -EBUSY;
if (flags & KEXEC_ON_CRASH) {
@@ -165,7 +162,7 @@ out:
kimage_free(image);
out_unlock:
- mutex_unlock(&kexec_mutex);
+ kexec_unlock();
return ret;
}