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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-14 14:48:31 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-07-14 14:48:31 -0700 |
commit | d1794f2c5b5817eb79ccc5e00701ca748d1b073a (patch) | |
tree | 5a4c98e694e88a8c82f342d0cc9edb2a4cbbef36 /drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c | |
parent | a41eebab7537890409ea9dfe0fcda9b5fbdb090d (diff) | |
parent | 2fceef397f9880b212a74c418290ce69e7ac00eb (diff) |
Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (146 commits)
IB/umad: BKL is not needed for ib_umad_open()
IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs_open()
bf561-coreb: BKL unneeded for open()
Call fasync() functions without the BKL
snd/PCM: fasync BKL pushdown
ipmi: fasync BKL pushdown
ecryptfs: fasync BKL pushdown
Bluetooth VHCI: fasync BKL pushdown
tty_io: fasync BKL pushdown
tun: fasync BKL pushdown
i2o: fasync BKL pushdown
mpt: fasync BKL pushdown
Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2
Make FAT users happier by not deadlocking
x86-mce: BKL pushdown
vmwatchdog: BKL pushdown
vmcp: BKL pushdown
via-pmu: BKL pushdown
uml-random: BKL pushdown
uml-mmapper: BKL pushdown
...
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c index caed42bf7ef..0f34858e31e 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c @@ -610,6 +610,18 @@ static int ib_uverbs_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma) return file->device->ib_dev->mmap(file->ucontext, vma); } +/* + * ib_uverbs_open() does not need the BKL: + * + * - dev_table[] accesses are protected by map_lock, the + * ib_uverbs_device structures are properly reference counted, and + * everything else is purely local to the file being created, so + * races against other open calls are not a problem; + * - there is no ioctl method to race against; + * - the device is added to dev_table[] as the last part of module + * initialization, the open method will either immediately run + * -ENXIO, or all required initialization will be done. + */ static int ib_uverbs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { struct ib_uverbs_device *dev; @@ -651,7 +663,6 @@ err_module: err: kref_put(&dev->ref, ib_uverbs_release_dev); - return ret; } |