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* [PATCH] Remove big kernel lock use from i2cdev_open
@ 2009-10-10 11:46 Vincent Sanders
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From: Vincent Sanders @ 2009-10-10 11:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: tglx, Vincent Sanders

The BKL is held over a kmalloc so cannot protect anything beyond that.
The two calls before the kmalloc have their own locking.
Improve device open function by removing the now unnecessary ret variable

Signed-off-by: Vincent Sanders <vince@simtec.co.uk>
---
 drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c |   21 ++++++---------------
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index 7e13d2d..3196503 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -445,20 +445,14 @@ static int i2cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	struct i2c_adapter *adap;
 	struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev;
-	int ret = 0;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	i2c_dev = i2c_dev_get_by_minor(minor);
-	if (!i2c_dev) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!i2c_dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	adap = i2c_get_adapter(i2c_dev->adap->nr);
-	if (!adap) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (!adap)
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* This creates an anonymous i2c_client, which may later be
 	 * pointed to some address using I2C_SLAVE or I2C_SLAVE_FORCE.
@@ -470,8 +464,7 @@ static int i2cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	client = kzalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!client) {
 		i2c_put_adapter(adap);
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	snprintf(client->name, I2C_NAME_SIZE, "i2c-dev %d", adap->nr);
 	client->driver = &i2cdev_driver;
@@ -479,9 +472,7 @@ static int i2cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	client->adapter = adap;
 	file->private_data = client;
 
-out:
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int i2cdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-- 
1.6.0.4


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