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i2c: Remove big kernel lock from i2cdev_open

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The BKL is held over a kmalloc so cannot protect anything beyond that.
The two calls before the kmalloc have their own locking.
Improve device open function by removing the now unnecessary ret variable

Signed-off-by: Vincent Sanders <vince@simtec.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
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Vincent Sanders 2009-12-06 17:06:26 +01:00 committed by Jean Delvare
parent c2e90e9b68
commit 9669f54194
1 changed files with 6 additions and 16 deletions
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drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
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@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/i2c.h>
#include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/jiffies.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@ -445,20 +444,14 @@ static int i2cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
struct i2c_client *client;
struct i2c_adapter *adap;
struct i2c_dev *i2c_dev;
int ret = 0;
lock_kernel();
i2c_dev = i2c_dev_get_by_minor(minor);
if (!i2c_dev) {
ret = -ENODEV;
goto out;
}
if (!i2c_dev)
return -ENODEV;
adap = i2c_get_adapter(i2c_dev->adap->nr);
if (!adap) {
ret = -ENODEV;
goto out;
}
if (!adap)
return -ENODEV;
/* This creates an anonymous i2c_client, which may later be
* pointed to some address using I2C_SLAVE or I2C_SLAVE_FORCE.
@ -470,8 +463,7 @@ static int i2cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
client = kzalloc(sizeof(*client), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!client) {
i2c_put_adapter(adap);
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
return -ENOMEM;
}
snprintf(client->name, I2C_NAME_SIZE, "i2c-dev %d", adap->nr);
client->driver = &i2cdev_driver;
@ -479,9 +471,7 @@ static int i2cdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
client->adapter = adap;
file->private_data = client;
out:
unlock_kernel();
return ret;
return 0;
}
static int i2cdev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)