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dabusb: remove the BKL

PATCH Superseded Arnd Bergmann 2 participants 2 messages Oct 4, 2010 – Oct 16, 2010 Media (V4L/DVB)

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PATCH 1/1 dabusb: remove the BKL

The dabusb device driver is sufficiently serialized using its own mutex, no need for the big kernel lock here in addition.

Cc Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>

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Hi Mauro,

I just realized that the dabusb driver is not actually a v4l driver, when I did more test builds with allyesconfig and CONFIG_BKL disabled.

I've added this patch to my bkl/config queue for now, but if you want to carry it in your tree, I'll drop it from mine.

drivers/media/video/dabusb.c +3 -15
index 5b176bd..f3e25e9 100644
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
@@ -621,7 +620,6 @@ static int dabusb_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (devnum < DABUSB_MINOR || devnum >= (DABUSB_MINOR + NRDABUSB))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	s = &dabusb[devnum - DABUSB_MINOR];
 
 	dbg("dabusb_open");
@@ -630,21 +628,17 @@ static int dabusb_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	while (!s->usbdev || s->opened) {
 		mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
 
-		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 			return -EBUSY;
-		}
 		msleep_interruptible(500);
 
-		if (signal_pending (current)) {
-			unlock_kernel();
+		if (signal_pending (current))
 			return -EAGAIN;
-		}
 		mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
 	}
 	if (usb_set_interface (s->usbdev, _DABUSB_IF, 1) < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
 		dev_err(&s->usbdev->dev, "set_interface failed\n");
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	s->opened = 1;
@@ -654,7 +648,6 @@ static int dabusb_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	file->private_data = s;
 
 	r = nonseekable_open(inode, file);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return r;
 }
 
@@ -689,17 +682,13 @@ static long dabusb_ioctl (struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg
 
 	dbg("dabusb_ioctl");
 
-	lock_kernel();
-	if (s->remove_pending) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+	if (s->remove_pending)
 		return -EIO;
-	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
 
 	if (!s->usbdev) {
 		mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
@@ -735,7 +724,6 @@ static long dabusb_ioctl (struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg
 		break;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }
 
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Em 04-10-2010 16:32, Arnd Bergmann escreveu:

Quoted 8 lines

The dabusb device driver is sufficiently serialized using its own mutex, no need for the big kernel lock here in addition.

Cc Mauro Carvalho Chehab <[email protected]>

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Quoted 7 lines

Hi Mauro,

I just realized that the dabusb driver is not actually a v4l driver, when I did more test builds with allyesconfig and CONFIG_BKL disabled.

I've added this patch to my bkl/config queue for now, but if you want to carry it in your tree, I'll drop it from mine.

Sorry for not handling it sooner... I have a large number of patches in my queue... I don't have any patch for dabusb on my tree, so, I'm OK if you sent it via your tree. So,

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PS.: I tried to contact the authors a few weeks ago to double check about this driver. I suspect that it were added for some prototype, based on its help message, and the links I found about that. So, it could be a good idea to simply move it to staging and let it die, as maybe nobody has an actual hardware for it...
Well, I got no answer about that so far.

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drivers/media/video/dabusb.c +3 -15
index 5b176bd..f3e25e9 100644
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
@@ -621,7 +620,6 @@ static int dabusb_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (devnum < DABUSB_MINOR || devnum >= (DABUSB_MINOR + NRDABUSB))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	s = &dabusb[devnum - DABUSB_MINOR];
 
 	dbg("dabusb_open");
@@ -630,21 +628,17 @@ static int dabusb_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	while (!s->usbdev || s->opened) {
 		mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
 
-		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
+		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 			return -EBUSY;
-		}
 		msleep_interruptible(500);
 
-		if (signal_pending (current)) {
-			unlock_kernel();
+		if (signal_pending (current))
 			return -EAGAIN;
-		}
 		mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
 	}
 	if (usb_set_interface (s->usbdev, _DABUSB_IF, 1) < 0) {
 		mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
 		dev_err(&s->usbdev->dev, "set_interface failed\n");
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	s->opened = 1;
@@ -654,7 +648,6 @@ static int dabusb_open (struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	file->private_data = s;
 
 	r = nonseekable_open(inode, file);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return r;
 }
 
@@ -689,17 +682,13 @@ static long dabusb_ioctl (struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg
 
 	dbg("dabusb_ioctl");
 
-	lock_kernel();
-	if (s->remove_pending) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+	if (s->remove_pending)
 		return -EIO;
-	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&s->mutex);
 
 	if (!s->usbdev) {
 		mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
@@ -735,7 +724,6 @@ static long dabusb_ioctl (struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg
 		break;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&s->mutex);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }