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| author | Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> | 2010-09-11 19:56:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> | 2010-10-19 11:29:56 +0200 |
| commit | 72024f1ec5164a70d84dd8cf4458fe4064a6b692 (patch) | |
| tree | fb0848c2bb91af16f46e2fca8de55675f9b1e3d2 /kernel | |
| parent | adfedd216d9f0bc3f5bfa8aab42932301d4edc31 (diff) | |
dvb-core: kill the big kernel lock
The dvb core only uses the big kernel lock in the open
and ioctl functions, which means it can be replaced with
a dvb specific mutex. Fortunately, all the ioctl functions
go through dvb_usercopy, so we can move the serialization
in there.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
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