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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/char/synclink.c | 31 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/synclink.c b/drivers/char/synclink.c index d68be61f0a4..abb03e52fe1 100644 --- a/drivers/char/synclink.c +++ b/drivers/char/synclink.c @@ -941,17 +941,6 @@ static void* mgsl_get_text_ptr(void) return mgsl_get_text_ptr; } -/* - * tmp_buf is used as a temporary buffer by mgsl_write. We need to - * lock it in case the COPY_FROM_USER blocks while swapping in a page, - * and some other program tries to do a serial write at the same time. - * Since the lock will only come under contention when the system is - * swapping and available memory is low, it makes sense to share one - * buffer across all the serial ioports, since it significantly saves - * memory if large numbers of serial ports are open. - */ -static unsigned char *tmp_buf; - static inline int mgsl_paranoia_check(struct mgsl_struct *info, char *name, const char *routine) { @@ -2150,7 +2139,7 @@ static int mgsl_write(struct tty_struct * tty, if (mgsl_paranoia_check(info, tty->name, "mgsl_write")) goto cleanup; - if (!tty || !info->xmit_buf || !tmp_buf) + if (!tty || !info->xmit_buf) goto cleanup; if ( info->params.mode == MGSL_MODE_HDLC || @@ -3438,7 +3427,6 @@ static int mgsl_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp) { struct mgsl_struct *info; int retval, line; - unsigned long page; unsigned long flags; /* verify range of specified line number */ @@ -3472,18 +3460,6 @@ static int mgsl_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp) goto cleanup; } - if (!tmp_buf) { - page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); - if (!page) { - retval = -ENOMEM; - goto cleanup; - } - if (tmp_buf) - free_page(page); - else - tmp_buf = (unsigned char *) page; - } - info->tty->low_latency = (info->flags & ASYNC_LOW_LATENCY) ? 1 : 0; spin_lock_irqsave(&info->netlock, flags); @@ -4502,11 +4478,6 @@ static void synclink_cleanup(void) kfree(tmp); } - if (tmp_buf) { - free_page((unsigned long) tmp_buf); - tmp_buf = NULL; - } - if (pci_registered) pci_unregister_driver(&synclink_pci_driver); } |