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videodev: BKL pushdown
authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Fri, 16 May 2008 20:28:31 +0000 (14:28 -0600)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:05:53 +0000 (14:05 -0600)
Put explicit lock_kernel() calls into videodev_open().  That function
itself seems OK, but one never knows about all the open() functions
provided by underlying video drivers.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
drivers/media/video/videodev.c

index 31e8af0ba2785e105e60587b8153602b948f55eb..e5679c28163fea3991af299ee8609f302ec4393f 100644 (file)
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
@@ -496,6 +497,7 @@ static int video_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
        if(minor>=VIDEO_NUM_DEVICES)
                return -ENODEV;
+       lock_kernel();
        mutex_lock(&videodev_lock);
        vfl=video_device[minor];
        if(vfl==NULL) {
@@ -505,6 +507,7 @@ static int video_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                vfl=video_device[minor];
                if (vfl==NULL) {
                        mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
+                       unlock_kernel();
                        return -ENODEV;
                }
        }
@@ -518,6 +521,7 @@ static int video_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
        }
        fops_put(old_fops);
        mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
+       unlock_kernel();
        return err;
 }