[PATCH 00/18] Make the big kernel lock optional

[PATCH 00/18] Make the big kernel lock optional

[Arnd Bergmann]

This is a set of simple patches to remove the big kernel
lock in some remaining areas and introduce a Kconfig
option which I'd like to have included in linux-next
and get included in the 2.6.37 merge window.

I have a total of five topic branches, which together
remove the BKL from all code except those modules
which get marked as 'depends on BKL' in the final
patch of this series.

It's fine if maintainers want to add some of these
patches to their own queue, as long as they all make
it into linux-next.

Stephen, please add
git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl.git config

Arnd Bergmann (17):
  hpet: kill BKL, add compat_ioctl
  proc/pci: kill BKL
  s390/block: kill the big kernel lock
  isapnp: BKL removal
  alpha: kill big kernel lock
  cris: autoconvert trivial BKL users
  m68k: remove big kernel lock
  parisc: remove big kernel lock
  sh: kill big kernel lock
  uml: kill big kernel lock
  tlclk: remove big kernel lock
  i4l: kill big kernel lock
  misdn: kill big kernel lock
  dvb/bt8xx: kill the big kernel lock
  dvb-core: kill the big kernel lock
  rtmutex-tester: make it build without BKL
  BKL: introduce CONFIG_BKL.

Al Viro (1):
  fix rawctl compat ioctls breakage on amd64 and itanic

 arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c                 |    5 -
 arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c                   |    3 -
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/ds1302.c         |    7 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c        |    6 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/sync_serial.c    |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c      |    4 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-a3/gpio.c   |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-fs/gpio.c   |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c        |    6 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/sync_serial.c    |   11 +-
 arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c                 |    7 +-
 arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c                   |    4 -
 arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c                  |    9 +-
 arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c              |   13 +-
 arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c            |    8 +-
 arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c                  |    8 +-
 arch/um/kernel/exec.c                       |    2 -
 drivers/char/hpet.c                         |   98 +++++++----
 drivers/char/raw.c                          |  243 +++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/char/tlclk.c                        |    6 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig                     |    5 +-
 drivers/isdn/capi/Kconfig                   |    2 +-
 drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c                 |   11 +-
 drivers/isdn/mISDN/stack.c                  |    7 -
 drivers/media/Kconfig                       |    1 +
 drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c            |    7 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c         |   17 +--
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c |    8 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c        |    9 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c         |   17 +-
 drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig               |    1 +
 drivers/pci/proc.c                          |    4 +-
 drivers/pnp/isapnp/proc.c                   |   13 +-
 drivers/s390/block/dasd.c                   |    6 -
 drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c             |   17 +--
 drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c                |    5 -
 drivers/staging/cx25821/Kconfig             |    1 +
 drivers/staging/easycap/Kconfig             |    1 +
 drivers/staging/go7007/Kconfig              |    1 +
 drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig               |    2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig                  |    2 +-
 fs/Kconfig                                  |    1 +
 fs/adfs/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/afs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/autofs/Kconfig                           |    1 +
 fs/autofs4/Kconfig                          |    1 +
 fs/ceph/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/coda/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/compat_ioctl.c                           |   70 --------
 fs/ecryptfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/freevxfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/hpfs/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/jffs2/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/ncpfs/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/nfs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/nfsd/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/ocfs2/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/qnx4/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/reiserfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/smbfs/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/squashfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/udf/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/ufs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 include/linux/smp_lock.h                    |    7 +-
 init/Kconfig                                |    2 +-
 kernel/rtmutex-tester.c                     |    6 +
 kernel/trace/Kconfig                        |    1 +
 lib/Kconfig.debug                           |    9 +
 net/ipx/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 net/irda/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 net/irda/irnet/Kconfig                      |    1 +
 net/x25/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 72 files changed, 355 insertions(+), 375 deletions(-)

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Cc: Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mark Gross <mark.gross@intel.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-cris-kernel@axis.com
Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

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[PATCH 00/18] Make the big kernel lock optional

[Arnd Bergmann]

This is a set of simple patches to remove the big kernel
lock in some remaining areas and introduce a Kconfig
option which I'd like to have included in linux-next
and get included in the 2.6.37 merge window.

I have a total of five topic branches, which together
remove the BKL from all code except those modules
which get marked as 'depends on BKL' in the final
patch of this series.

It's fine if maintainers want to add some of these
patches to their own queue, as long as they all make
it into linux-next.

Stephen, please add
git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl.git config

Arnd Bergmann (17):
  hpet: kill BKL, add compat_ioctl
  proc/pci: kill BKL
  s390/block: kill the big kernel lock
  isapnp: BKL removal
  alpha: kill big kernel lock
  cris: autoconvert trivial BKL users
  m68k: remove big kernel lock
  parisc: remove big kernel lock
  sh: kill big kernel lock
  uml: kill big kernel lock
  tlclk: remove big kernel lock
  i4l: kill big kernel lock
  misdn: kill big kernel lock
  dvb/bt8xx: kill the big kernel lock
  dvb-core: kill the big kernel lock
  rtmutex-tester: make it build without BKL
  BKL: introduce CONFIG_BKL.

Al Viro (1):
  fix rawctl compat ioctls breakage on amd64 and itanic

 arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c                 |    5 -
 arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c                   |    3 -
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/ds1302.c         |    7 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c        |    6 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/sync_serial.c    |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c      |    4 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-a3/gpio.c   |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-fs/gpio.c   |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c        |    6 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/sync_serial.c    |   11 +-
 arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c                 |    7 +-
 arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c                   |    4 -
 arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c                  |    9 +-
 arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c              |   13 +-
 arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c            |    8 +-
 arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c                  |    8 +-
 arch/um/kernel/exec.c                       |    2 -
 drivers/char/hpet.c                         |   98 +++++++----
 drivers/char/raw.c                          |  243 +++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/char/tlclk.c                        |    6 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig                     |    5 +-
 drivers/isdn/capi/Kconfig                   |    2 +-
 drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c                 |   11 +-
 drivers/isdn/mISDN/stack.c                  |    7 -
 drivers/media/Kconfig                       |    1 +
 drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c            |    7 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c         |   17 +--
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c |    8 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c        |    9 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c         |   17 +-
 drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig               |    1 +
 drivers/pci/proc.c                          |    4 +-
 drivers/pnp/isapnp/proc.c                   |   13 +-
 drivers/s390/block/dasd.c                   |    6 -
 drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c             |   17 +--
 drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c                |    5 -
 drivers/staging/cx25821/Kconfig             |    1 +
 drivers/staging/easycap/Kconfig             |    1 +
 drivers/staging/go7007/Kconfig              |    1 +
 drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig               |    2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig                  |    2 +-
 fs/Kconfig                                  |    1 +
 fs/adfs/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/afs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/autofs/Kconfig                           |    1 +
 fs/autofs4/Kconfig                          |    1 +
 fs/ceph/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/coda/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/compat_ioctl.c                           |   70 --------
 fs/ecryptfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/freevxfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/hpfs/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/jffs2/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/ncpfs/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/nfs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/nfsd/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/ocfs2/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/qnx4/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/reiserfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/smbfs/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/squashfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/udf/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/ufs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 include/linux/smp_lock.h                    |    7 +-
 init/Kconfig                                |    2 +-
 kernel/rtmutex-tester.c                     |    6 +
 kernel/trace/Kconfig                        |    1 +
 lib/Kconfig.debug                           |    9 +
 net/ipx/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 net/irda/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 net/irda/irnet/Kconfig                      |    1 +
 net/x25/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 72 files changed, 355 insertions(+), 375 deletions(-)

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Cc: Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mark Gross <mark.gross@intel.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-cris-kernel@axis.com
Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

[PATCH 00/18] Make the big kernel lock optional

[Arnd Bergmann]

This is a set of simple patches to remove the big kernel
lock in some remaining areas and introduce a Kconfig
option which I'd like to have included in linux-next
and get included in the 2.6.37 merge window.

I have a total of five topic branches, which together
remove the BKL from all code except those modules
which get marked as 'depends on BKL' in the final
patch of this series.

It's fine if maintainers want to add some of these
patches to their own queue, as long as they all make
it into linux-next.

Stephen, please add
git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl.git config

Arnd Bergmann (17):
  hpet: kill BKL, add compat_ioctl
  proc/pci: kill BKL
  s390/block: kill the big kernel lock
  isapnp: BKL removal
  alpha: kill big kernel lock
  cris: autoconvert trivial BKL users
  m68k: remove big kernel lock
  parisc: remove big kernel lock
  sh: kill big kernel lock
  uml: kill big kernel lock
  tlclk: remove big kernel lock
  i4l: kill big kernel lock
  misdn: kill big kernel lock
  dvb/bt8xx: kill the big kernel lock
  dvb-core: kill the big kernel lock
  rtmutex-tester: make it build without BKL
  BKL: introduce CONFIG_BKL.

Al Viro (1):
  fix rawctl compat ioctls breakage on amd64 and itanic

 arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c                 |    5 -
 arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c                   |    3 -
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/ds1302.c         |    7 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/pcf8563.c        |    6 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v10/drivers/sync_serial.c    |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/cryptocop.c      |    4 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-a3/gpio.c   |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/mach-fs/gpio.c   |   11 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/pcf8563.c        |    6 +-
 arch/cris/arch-v32/drivers/sync_serial.c    |   11 +-
 arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c                 |    7 +-
 arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c                   |    4 -
 arch/sh/kernel/ptrace_64.c                  |    9 +-
 arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c              |   13 +-
 arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c            |    8 +-
 arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c                  |    8 +-
 arch/um/kernel/exec.c                       |    2 -
 drivers/char/hpet.c                         |   98 +++++++----
 drivers/char/raw.c                          |  243 +++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/char/tlclk.c                        |    6 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig                     |    5 +-
 drivers/isdn/capi/Kconfig                   |    2 +-
 drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c                 |   11 +-
 drivers/isdn/mISDN/stack.c                  |    7 -
 drivers/media/Kconfig                       |    1 +
 drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c            |    7 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c         |   17 +--
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c |    8 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c        |    9 +-
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c         |   17 +-
 drivers/net/appletalk/Kconfig               |    1 +
 drivers/pci/proc.c                          |    4 +-
 drivers/pnp/isapnp/proc.c                   |   13 +-
 drivers/s390/block/dasd.c                   |    6 -
 drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c             |   17 +--
 drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c                |    5 -
 drivers/staging/cx25821/Kconfig             |    1 +
 drivers/staging/easycap/Kconfig             |    1 +
 drivers/staging/go7007/Kconfig              |    1 +
 drivers/staging/usbip/Kconfig               |    2 +-
 drivers/usb/gadget/Kconfig                  |    2 +-
 fs/Kconfig                                  |    1 +
 fs/adfs/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/afs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/autofs/Kconfig                           |    1 +
 fs/autofs4/Kconfig                          |    1 +
 fs/ceph/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/coda/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/compat_ioctl.c                           |   70 --------
 fs/ecryptfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/freevxfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/hpfs/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/jffs2/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/ncpfs/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/nfs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/nfsd/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/ocfs2/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/qnx4/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 fs/reiserfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/smbfs/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 fs/squashfs/Kconfig                         |    1 +
 fs/udf/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 fs/ufs/Kconfig                              |    1 +
 include/linux/smp_lock.h                    |    7 +-
 init/Kconfig                                |    2 +-
 kernel/rtmutex-tester.c                     |    6 +
 kernel/trace/Kconfig                        |    1 +
 lib/Kconfig.debug                           |    9 +
 net/ipx/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 net/irda/Kconfig                            |    1 +
 net/irda/irnet/Kconfig                      |    1 +
 net/x25/Kconfig                             |    1 +
 72 files changed, 355 insertions(+), 375 deletions(-)

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org>
Cc: Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mark Gross <mark.gross@intel.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-cris-kernel@axis.com
Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-sh@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

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[PATCH 05/18] alpha: kill big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

All uses of the BKL on alpha are totally bogus, nothing
is really protected by this. Remove the remaining users
so we don't have to mark alpha as 'depends on BKL'.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
---
 arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c |    5 -----
 arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c   |    3 ---
 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 5d1e6d6..49225dd 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_set_program_attributes, unsigned long, text_start,
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	mm = current->mm;
 	mm->end_code = bss_start + bss_len;
 	mm->start_brk = bss_start + bss_len;
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_set_program_attributes, unsigned long, text_start,
 	printk("set_program_attributes(%lx %lx %lx %lx)\n",
 		text_start, text_len, bss_start, bss_len);
 #endif
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -517,7 +514,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(osf_proplist_syscall, enum pl_code, code,
 	long error;
 	int __user *min_buf_size_ptr;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	switch (code) {
 	case PL_SET:
 		if (get_user(error, &args->set.nbytes))
@@ -547,7 +543,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(osf_proplist_syscall, enum pl_code, code,
 		error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		break;
 	};
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
index b14f015..0414e02 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
@@ -623,7 +622,6 @@ do_entUna(void * va, unsigned long opcode, unsigned long reg,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	printk("Bad unaligned kernel access at %016lx: %p %lx %lu\n",
 		pc, va, opcode, reg);
 	do_exit(SIGSEGV);
@@ -646,7 +644,6 @@ got_exception:
 	 * Yikes!  No one to forward the exception to.
 	 * Since the registers are in a weird format, dump them ourselves.
  	 */
-	lock_kernel();
 
 	printk("%s(%d): unhandled unaligned exception\n",
 	       current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
-- 
1.7.1

[PATCH 07/18] m68k: remove big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

The cache flush code only locks against itself, so there
is no excuse to use the BKL here. This replaces it with
a local mutex in order to maintain serialization of flushes.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org
---
 arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
index 2f431ec..f6aec52 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/sem.h>
 #include <linux/msg.h>
 #include <linux/shm.h>
@@ -374,10 +374,11 @@ cache_flush_060 (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len)
 asmlinkage int
 sys_cacheflush (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len)
 {
+	static DEFINE_MUTEX(cacheflush_mutex);
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&cacheflush_mutex);
 	if (scope < FLUSH_SCOPE_LINE || scope > FLUSH_SCOPE_ALL ||
 	    cache & ~FLUSH_CACHE_BOTH)
 		goto out;
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ sys_cacheflush (unsigned long addr, int scope, int cache, unsigned long len)
 	    }
 	}
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&cacheflush_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.1

[PATCH 08/18] parisc: remove big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

The parisc version of the perf code is sufficiently
protected by its own spinlock, no need to use the BKL.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
---
 arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
index f9f6783..ba0c053 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -261,16 +260,13 @@ printk("Preparing to start counters\n");
  */
 static int perf_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
 	spin_lock(&perf_lock);
 	if (perf_enabled) {
 		spin_unlock(&perf_lock);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	perf_enabled = 1;
  	spin_unlock(&perf_lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.7.1

[uml-devel] [PATCH 10/18] uml: kill big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

Three uml device drivers still use the big kernel lock,
but all of them can be safely converted to using
a per-driver mutex instead. Most likely this is not
even necessary, so after further review these can
and should be removed as well.

The exec system call no longer requires the BKL either,
so remove it from there, too.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
---
 arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c   |   13 +++++++------
 arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c |    8 ++++----
 arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c       |    8 ++++----
 arch/um/kernel/exec.c            |    2 --
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c
index cfcac1f..8603627 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/harddog_kern.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(harddog_mutex);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
 static int timer_alive;
 static int harddog_in_fd = -1;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ static int harddog_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	int err = -EBUSY;
 	char *sock = NULL;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&harddog_mutex);
 	spin_lock(&lock);
 	if(timer_alive)
 		goto err;
@@ -83,11 +84,11 @@ static int harddog_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	timer_alive = 1;
 	spin_unlock(&lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&harddog_mutex);
 	return nonseekable_open(inode, file);
 err:
 	spin_unlock(&lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&harddog_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -153,9 +154,9 @@ static long harddog_ioctl(struct file *file,
 {
 	long ret;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&harddog_mutex);
 	ret = harddog_ioctl_unlocked(file, cmd, arg);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&harddog_mutex);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c
index 0c46e39..fde18dc 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ static int hostaudio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		w = 1;
 
 	kparam_block_sysfs_write(dsp);
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&hostaudio_mutex);
 	ret = os_open_file(dsp, of_set_rw(OPENFLAGS(), r, w), 0);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&hostaudio_mutex);
 	kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(dsp);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ static int hostmixer_open_mixdev(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		w = 1;
 
 	kparam_block_sysfs_write(mixer);
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&hostaudio_mutex);
 	ret = os_open_file(mixer, of_set_rw(OPENFLAGS(), r, w), 0);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&hostaudio_mutex);
 	kparam_unblock_sysfs_write(mixer);
 
 	if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 1bcd208..dc73bc8 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ static int ubd_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 	struct ubd *ubd_dev = disk->private_data;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&ubd_mutex);
 	if(ubd_dev->count == 0){
 		err = ubd_open_dev(ubd_dev);
 		if(err){
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ static int ubd_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 	        err = -EROFS;
 	}*/
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&ubd_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1126,10 +1126,10 @@ static int ubd_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	struct ubd *ubd_dev = disk->private_data;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&ubd_mutex);
 	if(--ubd_dev->count == 0)
 		ubd_close_dev(ubd_dev);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&ubd_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
index cd145ed..460ce86 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
@@ -78,13 +78,11 @@ long sys_execve(const char __user *file, char __user *__user *argv,
 	long error;
 	char *filename;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	filename = getname(file);
 	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
 	if (IS_ERR(filename)) goto out;
 	error = execve1(filename, argv, env);
 	putname(filename);
  out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }
-- 
1.7.1


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[PATCH 13/18] i4l: kill big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

The isdn4linux driver uses the big kernel lock only
to serialize access to a few fields in its own
modem_info structure.

The easiest replacement is a driver-wide mutex.
More fine-grained locking would be more appropriate
here, but likely harder to implement.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c |   11 ++++++-----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
index 51dc60d..981f7ab 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_tty.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/isdn.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include "isdn_common.h"
 #include "isdn_tty.h"
 #ifdef CONFIG_ISDN_AUDIO
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 /* Prototypes */
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(modem_info_mutex);
 static int isdn_tty_edit_at(const char *, int, modem_info *);
 static void isdn_tty_check_esc(const u_char *, u_char, int, int *, u_long *);
 static void isdn_tty_modem_reset_regs(modem_info *, int);
@@ -1354,14 +1355,14 @@ isdn_tty_tiocmget(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
 	if (tty->flags & (1 << TTY_IO_ERROR))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&modem_info_mutex);
 #ifdef ISDN_DEBUG_MODEM_IOCTL
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "ttyI%d ioctl TIOCMGET\n", info->line);
 #endif
 
 	control = info->mcr;
 	status = info->msr;
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&modem_info_mutex);
 	return ((control & UART_MCR_RTS) ? TIOCM_RTS : 0)
 	    | ((control & UART_MCR_DTR) ? TIOCM_DTR : 0)
 	    | ((status & UART_MSR_DCD) ? TIOCM_CAR : 0)
@@ -1385,7 +1386,7 @@ isdn_tty_tiocmset(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG "ttyI%d ioctl TIOCMxxx: %x %x\n", info->line, set, clear);
 #endif
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&modem_info_mutex);
 	if (set & TIOCM_RTS)
 		info->mcr |= UART_MCR_RTS;
 	if (set & TIOCM_DTR) {
@@ -1407,7 +1408,7 @@ isdn_tty_tiocmset(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 			isdn_tty_modem_hup(info, 1);
 		}
 	}
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&modem_info_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.1

[PATCH 14/18] misdn: kill big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

The use of the big kernel lock in misdn is completely
bogus, so let's just remove it.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Karsten Keil <isdn@linux-pingi.de>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/isdn/mISDN/stack.c |    7 -------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/stack.c b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/stack.c
index b159bd5..a5b632e 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/stack.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/stack.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mISDNif.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include "core.h"
 
 static u_int	*debug;
@@ -205,13 +204,7 @@ mISDNStackd(void *data)
 	struct mISDNstack *st = data;
 	int err = 0;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	lock_kernel();
-#endif
 	sigfillset(&current->blocked);
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	unlock_kernel();
-#endif
 	if (*debug & DEBUG_MSG_THREAD)
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "mISDNStackd %s started\n",
 		    dev_name(&st->dev->dev));
-- 
1.7.1

[PATCH 15/18] dvb/bt8xx: kill the big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

The bt8xx driver only uses the big kernel lock in its dst_ca_ioctl
function and never to serialize against other code, so we can
trivially replace it with a private mutex.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
---
 drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c
index cf87051..d75788b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/dvb/ca.h>
 #include "dvbdev.h"
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 } while(0)
 
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dst_ca_mutex);
 static unsigned int verbose = 5;
 module_param(verbose, int, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(verbose, "verbose startup messages, default is 1 (yes)");
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ static long dst_ca_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ioct
 	void __user *arg = (void __user *)ioctl_arg;
 	int result = 0;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&dst_ca_mutex);
 	dvbdev = file->private_data;
 	state = (struct dst_state *)dvbdev->priv;
 	p_ca_message = kmalloc(sizeof (struct ca_msg), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -652,7 +653,7 @@ static long dst_ca_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ioct
 	kfree (p_ca_slot_info);
 	kfree (p_ca_caps);
 
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&dst_ca_mutex);
 	return result;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.1

[PATCH 16/18] dvb-core: kill the big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

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
---
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c         |   17 ++---------------
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c |    8 +-------
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c        |    9 +--------
 drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c         |   17 +++++++----------
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
index 0042306..2de13b0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dmxdev.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
@@ -1088,13 +1087,7 @@ static int dvb_demux_do_ioctl(struct file *file,
 static long dvb_demux_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			    unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_demux_do_ioctl);
-	unlock_kernel();
-
-	return ret;
+	return dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_demux_do_ioctl);
 }
 
 static unsigned int dvb_demux_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
@@ -1186,13 +1179,7 @@ static int dvb_dvr_do_ioctl(struct file *file,
 static long dvb_dvr_ioctl(struct file *file,
 			 unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_dvr_do_ioctl);
-	unlock_kernel();
-
-	return ret;
+	return dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_dvr_do_ioctl);
 }
 
 static unsigned int dvb_dvr_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
index cb97e6b..1723a98 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
@@ -1259,13 +1259,7 @@ static int dvb_ca_en50221_io_do_ioctl(struct file *file,
 static long dvb_ca_en50221_io_ioctl(struct file *file,
 				    unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_ca_en50221_io_do_ioctl);
-	unlock_kernel();
-
-	return ret;
+	return dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_ca_en50221_io_do_ioctl);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
index 6c3a8a0..a080322 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/dvb/net.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
@@ -1445,13 +1444,7 @@ static int dvb_net_do_ioctl(struct file *file,
 static long dvb_net_ioctl(struct file *file,
 	      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_net_do_ioctl);
-	unlock_kernel();
-
-	return ret;
+	return dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvb_net_do_ioctl);
 }
 
 static int dvb_net_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index b915c39..28f486e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include "dvbdev.h"
 
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(dvbdev_mutex);
 static int dvbdev_debug;
 
 module_param(dvbdev_debug, int, 0644);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int dvb_device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct dvb_device *dvbdev;
 
-	lock_kernel();
+	mutex_lock(&dvbdev_mutex);
 	down_read(&minor_rwsem);
 	dvbdev = dvb_minors[iminor(inode)];
 
@@ -91,12 +91,12 @@ static int dvb_device_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		}
 		fops_put(old_fops);
 		up_read(&minor_rwsem);
-		unlock_kernel();
+		mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_mutex);
 		return err;
 	}
 fail:
 	up_read(&minor_rwsem);
-	unlock_kernel();
+	mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_mutex);
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ long dvb_generic_ioctl(struct file *file,
 		       unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (!dvbdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -166,11 +165,7 @@ long dvb_generic_ioctl(struct file *file,
 	if (!dvbdev->kernel_ioctl)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvbdev->kernel_ioctl);
-	unlock_kernel();
-
-	return ret;
+	return dvb_usercopy(file, cmd, arg, dvbdev->kernel_ioctl);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dvb_generic_ioctl);
 
@@ -421,8 +416,10 @@ int dvb_usercopy(struct file *file,
 	}
 
 	/* call driver */
+	mutex_lock(&dvbdev_mutex);
 	if ((err = func(file, cmd, parg)) == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
 		err = -EINVAL;
+	mutex_unlock(&dvbdev_mutex);
 
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
-- 
1.7.1

Re: [PATCH 05/18] alpha: kill big kernel lock

[Matt Turner]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> All uses of the BKL on alpha are totally bogus, nothing
> is really protected by this. Remove the remaining users
> so we don't have to mark alpha as 'depends on BKL'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c |    5 -----
>  arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c   |    3 ---
>  2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> index 5d1e6d6..49225dd 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
> @@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/mm.h>
>  #include <linux/smp.h>
> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
>  #include <linux/stddef.h>
>  #include <linux/syscalls.h>
>  #include <linux/unistd.h>
> @@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_set_program_attributes, unsigned long, text_start,
>  {
>        struct mm_struct *mm;
>
> -       lock_kernel();
>        mm = current->mm;
>        mm->end_code = bss_start + bss_len;
>        mm->start_brk = bss_start + bss_len;
> @@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_set_program_attributes, unsigned long, text_start,
>        printk("set_program_attributes(%lx %lx %lx %lx)\n",
>                text_start, text_len, bss_start, bss_len);
>  #endif
> -       unlock_kernel();
>        return 0;
>  }
>
> @@ -517,7 +514,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(osf_proplist_syscall, enum pl_code, code,
>        long error;
>        int __user *min_buf_size_ptr;
>
> -       lock_kernel();
>        switch (code) {
>        case PL_SET:
>                if (get_user(error, &args->set.nbytes))
> @@ -547,7 +543,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(osf_proplist_syscall, enum pl_code, code,
>                error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>                break;
>        };
> -       unlock_kernel();
>        return error;
>  }
>
> diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
> index b14f015..0414e02 100644
> --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
> +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/traps.c
> @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>  #include <linux/tty.h>
>  #include <linux/delay.h>
> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
>  #include <linux/init.h>
>  #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
> @@ -623,7 +622,6 @@ do_entUna(void * va, unsigned long opcode, unsigned long reg,
>                return;
>        }
>
> -       lock_kernel();
>        printk("Bad unaligned kernel access at %016lx: %p %lx %lu\n",
>                pc, va, opcode, reg);
>        do_exit(SIGSEGV);
> @@ -646,7 +644,6 @@ got_exception:
>         * Yikes!  No one to forward the exception to.
>         * Since the registers are in a weird format, dump them ourselves.
>         */
> -       lock_kernel();
>
>        printk("%s(%d): unhandled unaligned exception\n",
>               current->comm, task_pid_nr(current));
> --
> 1.7.1

I can apply this without any other patches in the series, since the
usage is bogus, right?

Thanks,
Matt
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Re: [PATCH 05/18] alpha: kill big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 14 September 2010 21:41:01 Matt Turner wrote:
> I can apply this without any other patches in the series, since the
> usage is bogus, right?

Yes, definitely.

	Arnd

Re: [PATCH 05/18] alpha: kill big kernel lock

[Matt Turner]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 21:41:01 Matt Turner wrote:
>> I can apply this without any other patches in the series, since the
>> usage is bogus, right?
>
> Yes, definitely.
>
>        Arnd

Will do so then. Thanks for the patch!
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Re: [PATCH 08/18] parisc: remove big kernel lock

[Kyle McMartin]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 09:34:59PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The parisc version of the perf code is sufficiently
> protected by its own spinlock, no need to use the BKL.
> 

I'd rather just remove the file entirely, as it doesn't work, probably
will never work, and all the relevant people who could have made it work
have left HP and so no longer have access to the documentation. I'll
commit a patch removing it from the kernel for the next merge window.

Nice work Arnd, it's great to see the BKL finally gasping its last
breaths. :)

--Kyle

Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make the big kernel lock optional

[Stephen Rothwell]

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:34:51 +0200 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>
> Stephen, please add
> git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl.git config

Added from today.

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you may know, this is not a judgment of your code.  The purpose of
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	Signed-off-by,
     * posted to the relevant mailing list,
     * reviewed by you (or another maintainer of your subsystem tree),
     * successfully unit tested, and 
     * destined for the current or next Linux merge window.

Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him
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Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make the big kernel lock optional

[Stephen Rothwell]

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:34:51 +0200 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>
> Stephen, please add
> git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl.git config

Added from today.

Thanks for adding your subsystem tree as a participant of linux-next.  As
you may know, this is not a judgment of your code.  The purpose of
linux-next is for integration testing and to lower the impact of
conflicts between subsystems in the next merge window. 

You will need to ensure that the patches/commits in your tree/series have
been:
     * submitted under GPL v2 (or later) and include the Contributor's
	Signed-off-by,
     * posted to the relevant mailing list,
     * reviewed by you (or another maintainer of your subsystem tree),
     * successfully unit tested, and 
     * destined for the current or next Linux merge window.

Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him
to fetch).  It is allowed to be rebased if you deem it necessary.

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Re: [PATCH 00/18] Make the big kernel lock optional

[Stephen Rothwell]

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On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:34:51 +0200 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>
> Stephen, please add
> git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arnd/bkl.git config

Added from today.

Thanks for adding your subsystem tree as a participant of linux-next.  As
you may know, this is not a judgment of your code.  The purpose of
linux-next is for integration testing and to lower the impact of
conflicts between subsystems in the next merge window. 

You will need to ensure that the patches/commits in your tree/series have
been:
     * submitted under GPL v2 (or later) and include the Contributor's
	Signed-off-by,
     * posted to the relevant mailing list,
     * reviewed by you (or another maintainer of your subsystem tree),
     * successfully unit tested, and 
     * destined for the current or next Linux merge window.

Basically, this should be just what you would send to Linus (or ask him
to fetch).  It is allowed to be rebased if you deem it necessary.

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Re: [PATCH 13/18] i4l: kill big kernel lock

[David Miller]

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:35:04 +0200

> The isdn4linux driver uses the big kernel lock only
> to serialize access to a few fields in its own
> modem_info structure.
> 
> The easiest replacement is a driver-wide mutex.
> More fine-grained locking would be more appropriate
> here, but likely harder to implement.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Applied.

Re: [PATCH 14/18] misdn: kill big kernel lock

[David Miller]

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:35:05 +0200

> The use of the big kernel lock in misdn is completely
> bogus, so let's just remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Applied.

Re: [PATCH 07/18] m68k: remove big kernel lock

[Andreas Schwab]

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> writes:

> The cache flush code only locks against itself, so there
> is no excuse to use the BKL here. This replaces it with
> a local mutex in order to maintain serialization of flushes.

I don't think this needs a lock at all.

Andreas.

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Re: [PATCH 07/18] m68k: remove big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tuesday 21 September 2010, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> 
> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> writes:
> 
> > The cache flush code only locks against itself, so there
> > is no excuse to use the BKL here. This replaces it with
> > a local mutex in order to maintain serialization of flushes.
> 
> I don't think this needs a lock at all.
> 

Quite likely, I just took the most conservative approach.
If you want to queue a patch to drop the BKL from m68k, I'll
happily drop this one from my series.

	Arnd

Re: [PATCH 07/18] m68k: remove big kernel lock

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 13:04, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 September 2010, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>
>> Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> writes:
>>
>> > The cache flush code only locks against itself, so there
>> > is no excuse to use the BKL here. This replaces it with
>> > a local mutex in order to maintain serialization of flushes.
>>
>> I don't think this needs a lock at all.
>
> Quite likely, I just took the most conservative approach.
> If you want to queue a patch to drop the BKL from m68k, I'll
> happily drop this one from my series.

I'm dropping the locking completely. Patch will follow.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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[PATCH 08/18] parisc: remove big kernel lock

[Arnd Bergmann]

The parisc version of the perf code is sufficiently
protected by its own spinlock, no need to use the BKL.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
---
 arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
index f9f6783..ba0c053 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/perf.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -261,16 +260,13 @@ printk("Preparing to start counters\n");
  */
 static int perf_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
 	spin_lock(&perf_lock);
 	if (perf_enabled) {
 		spin_unlock(&perf_lock);
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 	perf_enabled = 1;
  	spin_unlock(&perf_lock);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.7.1