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RDMA/ucma: BKL is not needed for ucma_open()
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Remove explicit lock_kernel() calls and document why the code is safe.

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com>
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Roland Dreier committed Jul 25, 2008
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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
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#include <linux/in.h>
#include <linux/in6.h>
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>

#include <rdma/rdma_user_cm.h>
#include <rdma/ib_marshall.h>
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return mask;
}

/*
* ucma_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 ucma_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
struct ucma_file *file;
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if (!file)
return -ENOMEM;

lock_kernel();
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->event_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file->ctx_list);
init_waitqueue_head(&file->poll_wait);
mutex_init(&file->mut);

filp->private_data = file;
file->filp = filp;
unlock_kernel();
return 0;
}

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