All in-kernel char device open() functions now either have their own lock_kernel() calls or clearly do not need one. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
@@ -394,11 +394,8 @@ static int chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
cdev_put(p);
return -ENXIO;
}
- if (filp->f_op->open) {
- lock_kernel();
+ if (filp->f_op->open)
ret = filp->f_op->open(inode,filp);
- unlock_kernel();
- }
if (ret)
return ret;