@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR(DRIVER_AUTHOR);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRIVER_DESC);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
-/* Module parameters */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(iowarrior_mutex);
-
static struct usb_driver iowarrior_driver;
/*--------------*/
@@ -480,8 +477,6 @@ static long iowarrior_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
if (!buffer)
return -ENOMEM;
- /* lock this object */
- mutex_lock(&iowarrior_mutex);
mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
/* verify that the device wasn't unplugged */
@@ -574,7 +569,6 @@ static long iowarrior_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
error_out:
/* unlock the device */
mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
- mutex_unlock(&iowarrior_mutex);
kfree(buffer);
return retval;
}
@@ -589,22 +583,18 @@ static int iowarrior_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
int subminor;
int retval = 0;
- mutex_lock(&iowarrior_mutex);
subminor = iminor(inode);
interface = usb_find_interface(&iowarrior_driver, subminor);
if (!interface) {
- mutex_unlock(&iowarrior_mutex);
printk(KERN_ERR "%s - error, can't find device for minor %d\n",
__func__, subminor);
return -ENODEV;
}
dev = usb_get_intfdata(interface);
- if (!dev) {
- mutex_unlock(&iowarrior_mutex);
+ if (!dev)
return -ENODEV;
- }
mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);
@@ -628,7 +618,6 @@ static int iowarrior_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
out:
mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
- mutex_unlock(&iowarrior_mutex);
return retval;
}
Drop the redundant iowarrior mutex introduced by commit 925ce689bb31 ("USB: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex") which replaced an earlier BKL use. The lock serialised calls to open() against other open() and ioctl(), but neither is needed. Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> --- drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c | 13 +------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)