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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel_lock.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel_lock.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel_lock.c b/lib/kernel_lock.c index e713e86811a..e0fdfddb406 100644 --- a/lib/kernel_lock.c +++ b/lib/kernel_lock.c @@ -177,7 +177,12 @@ static inline void __lock_kernel(void) static inline void __unlock_kernel(void) { - spin_unlock(&kernel_flag); + /* + * the BKL is not covered by lockdep, so we open-code the + * unlocking sequence (and thus avoid the dep-chain ops): + */ + _raw_spin_unlock(&kernel_flag); + preempt_enable(); } /* |