Re: [PATCH 2/3] input: use input_mutex instead of BKL when opening input device

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 09 March 2010, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> There are three types of input character devices: mousedev, joydev and
> evdev. They all use the same major device and, then, their opening is
> multiplexed in input_open_file.
> 
> After the BKL pushdown, this multiplexing is protected by the BKL. But
> there's already a mutex used for adding and removing to the table
> indexed by input_open_file.
> 
> So, we use this mutex instead of the BKL. Since it will call the
> handlers' open function under the mutex, I've checked that the current
> functions do not call input_{un,}register_{handler,device}, which are
> the only other functions to take the mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
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