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V4L/DVB: dvb/bt8xx: kill the big kernel lock
authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:35:06 +0000 (16:35 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:06:12 +0000 (01:06 -0200)
commit104a698657148e130ad22c8fc245e9bac317c7c5
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V4L/DVB: dvb/bt8xx: kill the big kernel lock

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>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
drivers/media/dvb/bt8xx/dst_ca.c diff | blob | blame | history
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