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i2c: Remove big kernel lock from i2cdev_open
authorVincent Sanders <vince@simtec.co.uk>
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:06:26 +0000 (17:06 +0100)
committerJean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:06:26 +0000 (17:06 +0100)
commit9669f54194b4df34c96478d696d9ba2b977545f5
tree395bf1b080dedf018c12d69398853878f882d0d5tree | snapshot
parentc2e90e9b6835d71cbadd42fe5b38704acaccf8aacommit | diff
i2c: Remove big kernel lock from i2cdev_open

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>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c diff | blob | history
Full containers within linux kernel