From 72024f1ec5164a70d84dd8cf4458fe4064a6b692 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:56:45 +0200
Subject: dvb-core: kill the big kernel lock
The dvb core only uses the big kernel lock in the open
and ioctl functions, which means it can be replaced with
a dvb specific mutex. Fortunately, all the ioctl functions
go through dvb_usercopy, so we can move the serialization
in there.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
---
drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c | 17 ++---------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
(limited to 'drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c')
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
index 0042306ea11b..2de13b04b09d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/poll.h>
#include <linux/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/wait.h>
@@ -1088,13 +1087,7 @@ static int dvb_demux_do_ioctl(struct file *file,
static long dvb_demux_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
unsigned long arg)
{
- int ret;
-
- lock_kernel();
- ret = dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_demux_do_ioctl);
- unlock_kernel();
-
- return ret;
+ return dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_demux_do_ioctl);
}
static unsigned int dvb_demux_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
@@ -1186,13 +1179,7 @@ static int dvb_dvr_do_ioctl(struct file *file,
static long dvb_dvr_ioctl(struct file *file,
unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
- int ret;
-
- lock_kernel();
- ret = dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_dvr_do_ioctl);
- unlock_kernel();
-
- return ret;
+ return dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_dvr_do_ioctl);
}
static unsigned int dvb_dvr_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
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