[PATCH 07/18] m68k: remove big kernel lock

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Sep 14 2010 - 15:40:32 EST


The cache flush code only locks against itself, so there
is no excuse to use the BKL here. This replaces it with
a local mutex in order to maintain serialization of flushes.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-m68k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
index 2f431ec..f6aec52 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/sem.h>
#include <linux/msg.h>
#include <linux/shm.h>
@@ -374,10 +374,11 @@ cache_flush_060 (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len)
asmlinkage int
sys_cacheflush (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len)
{
+ static DEFINE_MUTEX(cacheflush_mutex);
struct vm_area_struct *vma;
int ret = -EINVAL;

- lock_kernel();
+ mutex_lock(&cacheflush_mutex);
if (scope < FLUSH_SCOPE_LINE || scope > FLUSH_SCOPE_ALL ||
cache & ~FLUSH_CACHE_BOTH)
goto out;
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ sys_cacheflush (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len)
}
}
out:
- unlock_kernel();
+ mutex_unlock(&cacheflush_mutex);
return ret;
}

--
1.7.1

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