x25: remove the BKL This replaces all instances of lock_kernel in x25 with lock_sock, taking care to release the socket lock around sleeping functions (sock_alloc_send_skb and skb_recv_datagram). It is not clear whether this is a correct solution, but it seem to be what other protocols do in the same situation. Includes a fix suggested by Eric Dumazet. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Tested-by: Andrew Hendry <andrew.hendry@gmail.com> Cc: linux-x25@vger.kernel.org Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
diff --git a/net/x25/x25_out.c b/net/x25/x25_out.c index d00649f..0144271 100644 --- a/net/x25/x25_out.c +++ b/net/x25/x25_out.c
@@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ frontlen = skb_headroom(skb); while (skb->len > 0) { - if ((skbn = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, frontlen + max_len, - noblock, &err)) == NULL){ + release_sock(sk); + skbn = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, frontlen + max_len, + noblock, &err); + lock_sock(sk); + if (!skbn) { if (err == -EWOULDBLOCK && noblock){ kfree_skb(skb); return sent;