From 5ba18b186c979283a2bf75a28b7ea325184b0c08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland Dreier Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:36:59 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] RDMA/ucm: BKL is not needed for ib_ucm_open() Remove explicit cycle_kernel_lock() call and document why the code is safe. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier --- drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c index 9494005d1c9a..e603736682bf 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c @@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ #include #include #include -#include #include @@ -1154,11 +1153,18 @@ static unsigned int ib_ucm_poll(struct file *filp, return mask; } +/* + * ib_ucm_open() does not need the BKL: + * + * - no global state is referred to; + * - there is no ioctl method to race against; + * - no further module initialization is required for open to work + * after the device is registered. + */ static int ib_ucm_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) { struct ib_ucm_file *file; - cycle_kernel_lock(); file = kmalloc(sizeof(*file), GFP_KERNEL); if (!file) return -ENOMEM;