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videodev: BKL pushdown

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Put explicit lock_kernel() calls into videodev_open().  That function
itself seems OK, but one never knows about all the open() functions
provided by underlying video drivers.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Jonathan Corbet 2008-05-16 14:28:31 -06:00
parent b5b4aa67da
commit 6606470dd1
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drivers/media/video/videodev.c
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@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kmod.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/system.h>
@ -496,6 +497,7 @@ static int video_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if(minor>=VIDEO_NUM_DEVICES)
return -ENODEV;
lock_kernel();
mutex_lock(&videodev_lock);
vfl=video_device[minor];
if(vfl==NULL) {
@ -505,6 +507,7 @@ static int video_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
vfl=video_device[minor];
if (vfl==NULL) {
mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
unlock_kernel();
return -ENODEV;
}
}
@ -518,6 +521,7 @@ static int video_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}
fops_put(old_fops);
mutex_unlock(&videodev_lock);
unlock_kernel();
return err;
}