From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:19:46 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: net: Remove BKL from tun
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.33-rc1~388^2~803
X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=deed49fbb68d7d07ec6c3dfd06bffc74e9abc6fa;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6

net: Remove BKL from tun

The lock_kernel/unlock_kernel() in cycle_kernel_lock() which is called
in tun_chr_open() is not serializing against anything and safe to
remove.

tun_chr_fasync() is serialized by get/put_tun() and fasync_helper()
has no dependency on BKL. The modification of tun->flags is racy with
and without the BKL so removing it does not make it worse.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 4fdfa2a..9c59a82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -1285,7 +1284,6 @@ static int tun_chr_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
 
 	DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: tun_chr_fasync %d\n", tun->dev->name, on);
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	if ((ret = fasync_helper(fd, file, on, &tun->fasync)) < 0)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1298,7 +1296,6 @@ static int tun_chr_fasync(int fd, struct file *file, int on)
 		tun->flags &= ~TUN_FASYNC;
 	ret = 0;
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	tun_put(tun);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1306,7 +1303,7 @@ out:
 static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	struct tun_file *tfile;
-	cycle_kernel_lock();
+
 	DBG1(KERN_INFO "tunX: tun_chr_open\n");
 
 	tfile = kmalloc(sizeof(*tfile), GFP_KERNEL);