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[POWERPC] fix spin lock nesting in hvc_iseries
authorStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:54:16 +0000 (11:54 +1000)
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:41:03 +0000 (15:41 +1000)
We had nested spinlocks using the same flags variable, but it turns out
that we don't need the nested locks at all (the lock protects a static
buffer that we aren't using here), so just remove the extra locks.

Spotted by Alexey Dobriyan.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c

index 4747729459c7a5a0c0aa29f9ec8a7023d73fc66a..8b6f197e5f8cbce32a307bec1be4d66846b43103 100644 (file)
@@ -153,9 +153,7 @@ static int put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
        spin_lock_irqsave(&consolelock, flags);
 
        if (viochar_is_console(pi) && !viopath_isactive(pi->lp)) {
-               spin_lock_irqsave(&consoleloglock, flags);
                HvCall_writeLogBuffer(buf, count);
-               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&consoleloglock, flags);
                sent = count;
                goto done;
        }
@@ -171,11 +169,8 @@ static int put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count)
 
                len = (count > VIOCHAR_MAX_DATA) ? VIOCHAR_MAX_DATA : count;
 
-               if (viochar_is_console(pi)) {
-                       spin_lock_irqsave(&consoleloglock, flags);
+               if (viochar_is_console(pi))
                        HvCall_writeLogBuffer(buf, len);
-                       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&consoleloglock, flags);
-               }
 
                init_data_event(viochar, pi->lp);