Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | | Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:26:01 +0100 (BST) | | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | | Subject | Re: [patch-2.4.0-test5] microcode_release needs no BKL. |
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On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Matti Aarnio wrote: > /* this is so trivial we don't need to lock_kernel() here */
Ok, that is much better. Linus, here is an improved patch:
--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c Fri Jul 14 20:52:14 2000 +++ work/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c Fri Jul 28 17:25:03 2000 @@ -145,11 +145,10 @@ return 0; } +/* our specific f_op->release() method needs no locking */ static int microcode_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { - lock_kernel(); clear_bit(MICROCODE_IS_OPEN, µcode_status); - unlock_kernel(); return 0; }
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