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authorJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-05-18 21:32:43 (GMT)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2008-06-20 20:05:53 (GMT)
commitf2b9857eee17797541b845782ade4d7a9d50f843 (patch)
tree914a00afee2ff953199f99f7cf869e3fd83b36bd /drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
parent0b2806768899dba5967bcd4a3b93eaed9a1dc4f3 (diff)
downloadlinux-fsl-qoriq-f2b9857eee17797541b845782ade4d7a9d50f843.tar.xz
Add a bunch of cycle_kernel_lock() calls
All of the open() functions which don't need the BKL on their face may still depend on its acquisition to serialize opens against driver initialization. So make those functions acquire then release the BKL to be on the safe side. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ppp_generic.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ppp_generic.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index dc85050..83625fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <linux/ip.h>
#include <linux/tcp.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/stddef.h>
@@ -351,9 +352,9 @@ static const int npindex_to_ethertype[NUM_NP] = {
* Open instances of /dev/ppp can be in one of three states:
* unattached, attached to a ppp unit, or attached to a ppp channel.
*/
-/* No BKL needed here */
static int ppp_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
+ cycle_kernel_lock();
/*
* This could (should?) be enforced by the permissions on /dev/ppp.
*/