From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ide: __ide_port_unregister_devices() doesn't need an ide_lock held
[ and ide_cfg_mtx mutex provides a sufficient protection for callers ]
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
---
drivers/ide/ide.c | 7 -------
1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
Index: b/drivers/ide/ide.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/ide/ide.c 2008-09-17 22:17:58.000000000 -0700
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c 2008-09-17 22:20:15.000000000 -0700
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
}
}
-/* Called with ide_lock held. */
static void __ide_port_unregister_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
{
int i;
@@ -139,10 +138,8 @@
ide_drive_t *drive = &hwif->drives[i];
if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_PRESENT) {
- spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock);
device_unregister(&drive->gendev);
wait_for_completion(&drive->gendev_rel_comp);
- spin_lock_irq(&ide_lock);
}
}
}
@@ -150,11 +147,9 @@
void ide_port_unregister_devices(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
{
mutex_lock(&ide_cfg_mtx);
- spin_lock_irq(&ide_lock);
__ide_port_unregister_devices(hwif);
hwif->present = 0;
ide_port_init_devices_data(hwif);
- spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock);
mutex_unlock(&ide_cfg_mtx);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ide_port_unregister_devices);
@@ -192,12 +187,10 @@
mutex_lock(&ide_cfg_mtx);
- spin_lock_irq(&ide_lock);
if (hwif->present) {
__ide_port_unregister_devices(hwif);
hwif->present = 0;
}
- spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock);
ide_proc_unregister_port(hwif);
--
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