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revert "rtc: cdev lock_kernel() pushdown"
authorDavid Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:08:41 +0000 (15:08 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:07:28 +0000 (16:07 -0700)
Revert commit 51a776fa7a7997e726d4a478eda0854c6f9143bd ("rtc: cdev
lock_kernel() pushdown").  The RTC framework does not need BKL
protection.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c

index 856cc1af40df85efe53805822c62886af0754143..35dcc06eb3e2dab77b16e27881f2b6bd6250c372 100644 (file)
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/rtc.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include "rtc-core.h"
 
 static dev_t rtc_devt;
@@ -27,11 +26,8 @@ static int rtc_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                                        struct rtc_device, char_dev);
        const struct rtc_class_ops *ops = rtc->ops;
 
-       lock_kernel();
-       if (test_and_set_bit_lock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags)) {
-               err = -EBUSY;
-               goto out;
-       }
+       if (test_and_set_bit_lock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags))
+               return -EBUSY;
 
        file->private_data = rtc;
 
@@ -41,13 +37,11 @@ static int rtc_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                rtc->irq_data = 0;
                spin_unlock_irq(&rtc->irq_lock);
 
-               goto out;
+               return 0;
        }
 
        /* something has gone wrong */
        clear_bit_unlock(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags);
-out:
-       unlock_kernel();
        return err;
 }