phonedev: remove BKL The phone_device array is covered by the phone_lock mutex in all cases and request_module no longer needs the BKL so we can remove the only remaining instance of the BKL from phonedev. Signed-off-by: Richard Holden <aciddeath@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c b/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c index 4d74ba36..37caf4d 100644 --- a/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c +++ b/drivers/telephony/phonedev.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ if (minor >= PHONE_NUM_DEVICES) return -ENODEV; - lock_kernel(); mutex_lock(&phone_lock); p = phone_device[minor]; if (p) @@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ fops_put(old_fops); end: mutex_unlock(&phone_lock); - unlock_kernel(); return err; }