Re: [PATCH] sony-laptop: Kill the BKL

From: Mattia Dongili
Date: Fri Mar 20 2009 - 22:31:12 EST


On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 07:02:45PM +0100, Alessio Igor Bogani wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks. Will send together with my patch set for .30 soon.

> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c | 12 ++++++++----
> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
> index 537959d..15f940b 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c
> @@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
> #include <linux/init.h>
> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> #include <linux/backlight.h>
> #include <linux/platform_device.h>
> @@ -1934,10 +1933,15 @@ static int sonypi_misc_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> static int sonypi_misc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> /* Flush input queue on first open */
> - lock_kernel();
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> + spin_lock_irqsave(sonypi_compat.fifo->lock, flags);
> +
> if (atomic_inc_return(&sonypi_compat.open_count) == 1)
> - kfifo_reset(sonypi_compat.fifo);
> - unlock_kernel();
> + __kfifo_reset(sonypi_compat.fifo);
> +
> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(sonypi_compat.fifo->lock, flags);
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 1.6.0.4
>
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mattia
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