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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-05-16 14:28:31 -0600
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-06-20 14:05:53 -0600
commit6606470dd1d628878383c96d10b52a77986ddac7 (patch)
treea7e3eb4ef5c81259bf7bd258981e7efac0b5f7c1 /drivers/media/video/videodev.c
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videodev: BKL pushdown
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/media/video/videodev.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/videodev.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videodev.c b/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
index 31e8af0ba278..e5679c28163f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videodev.c
@@ -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;
}