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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-14 14:48:31 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-14 14:48:31 -0700
commitd1794f2c5b5817eb79ccc5e00701ca748d1b073a (patch)
tree5a4c98e694e88a8c82f342d0cc9edb2a4cbbef36 /drivers/scsi/st.c
parenta41eebab7537890409ea9dfe0fcda9b5fbdb090d (diff)
parent2fceef397f9880b212a74c418290ce69e7ac00eb (diff)
Merge branch 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
* 'bkl-removal' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: (146 commits) IB/umad: BKL is not needed for ib_umad_open() IB/uverbs: BKL is not needed for ib_uverbs_open() bf561-coreb: BKL unneeded for open() Call fasync() functions without the BKL snd/PCM: fasync BKL pushdown ipmi: fasync BKL pushdown ecryptfs: fasync BKL pushdown Bluetooth VHCI: fasync BKL pushdown tty_io: fasync BKL pushdown tun: fasync BKL pushdown i2o: fasync BKL pushdown mpt: fasync BKL pushdown Remove BKL from remote_llseek v2 Make FAT users happier by not deadlocking x86-mce: BKL pushdown vmwatchdog: BKL pushdown vmcp: BKL pushdown via-pmu: BKL pushdown uml-random: BKL pushdown uml-mmapper: BKL pushdown ...
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi/st.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/st.c11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 6e5a5bb3131..4684cc716aa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ static const char *verstr = "20080224";
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/dma.h>
@@ -1113,7 +1114,7 @@ static int check_tape(struct scsi_tape *STp, struct file *filp)
}
- /* Open the device. Needs to be called with BKL only because of incrementing the SCSI host
+ /* Open the device. Needs to take the BKL only because of incrementing the SCSI host
module count. */
static int st_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
@@ -1123,6 +1124,7 @@ static int st_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
int dev = TAPE_NR(inode);
char *name;
+ lock_kernel();
/*
* We really want to do nonseekable_open(inode, filp); here, but some
* versions of tar incorrectly call lseek on tapes and bail out if that
@@ -1130,8 +1132,10 @@ static int st_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
*/
filp->f_mode &= ~(FMODE_PREAD | FMODE_PWRITE);
- if (!(STp = scsi_tape_get(dev)))
+ if (!(STp = scsi_tape_get(dev))) {
+ unlock_kernel();
return -ENXIO;
+ }
write_lock(&st_dev_arr_lock);
filp->private_data = STp;
@@ -1140,6 +1144,7 @@ static int st_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
if (STp->in_use) {
write_unlock(&st_dev_arr_lock);
scsi_tape_put(STp);
+ unlock_kernel();
DEB( printk(ST_DEB_MSG "%s: Device already in use.\n", name); )
return (-EBUSY);
}
@@ -1188,12 +1193,14 @@ static int st_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
retval = (-EIO);
goto err_out;
}
+ unlock_kernel();
return 0;
err_out:
normalize_buffer(STp->buffer);
STp->in_use = 0;
scsi_tape_put(STp);
+ unlock_kernel();
return retval;
}