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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/3] input: use input_mutex instead of BKL when opening input device
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On Tuesday 09 March 2010, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>");
> @@ -1881,7 +1880,7 @@ static int input_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
> int err;
>
> - lock_kernel();
> + mutex_lock(&input_mutex);
> /* No load-on-demand here? */
> handler = input_table[iminor(inode) >> 5];
> if (!handler || !(new_fops = fops_get(handler->fops))) {
> @@ -1909,7 +1908,7 @@ static int input_open_file(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> }
> fops_put(old_fops);
> out:
> - unlock_kernel();
> + mutex_unlock(&input_mutex);
> return err;
> }
>
> --

Well, actually please have a look at
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/arnd/playground.git;a=commitdiff;h=c06fd0234357618a5741ce958d58901ae4cb7ac1

* use mutex_lock_interruptible() where possible
* you probably don't want to hold input_mutex when calling into the lower
device's open function

Arnd


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