[patch 03/28] net: Remove BKL from tun

[Thomas Gleixner]

The lock_kernel/unlock_kernel() in cycle_kernel_lock() which is called
in tun_chr_open() is not serializing against anything and safe to
remove.

tun_chr_fasync() is serialized by get/put_tun() and fasync_helper()
has no dependency on BKL. The modification of tun->flags is racy with
and without the BKL so removing it does not make it worse.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/net/tun.c |    5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6-tip/drivers/net/tun.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6-tip.orig/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ linux-2.6-tip/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/major.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -1285,7 +1284,6 @@ static int tun_chr_fasync(int fd, struct
 
 	DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: tun_chr_fasync %d\n", tun->dev->name, on);
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	if ((ret = fasync_helper(fd, file, on, &tun->fasync)) < 0)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1298,7 +1296,6 @@ static int tun_chr_fasync(int fd, struct
 		tun->flags &= ~TUN_FASYNC;
 	ret = 0;
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	tun_put(tun);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1306,7 +1303,7 @@ out:
 static int tun_chr_open(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 {
 	struct tun_file *tfile;
-	cycle_kernel_lock();
+
 	DBG1(KERN_INFO "tunX: tun_chr_open\n");
 
 	tfile = kmalloc(sizeof(*tfile), GFP_KERNEL);


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