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authorBrandon Philips <brandon@ifup.org>2010-12-17 12:58:22 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2010-12-17 18:43:56 -0200
commit692e42df12e8427219958468301f3d03ca5f0f0d (patch)
treef2cce5368d3f42bca0a35ce847714ab637384a52
parent587f0d5d6d44e3529028bf197d424f866fb2411d (diff)
[media] bttv: remove unneeded locking comments
After Mauro's "bttv: Fix locking issues due to BKL removal code" there are a number of comments that are no longer needed about lock ordering. Remove them. Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c20
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
index c14b819d6b7..e071b62f36a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-driver.c
@@ -2359,13 +2359,6 @@ static int setup_window_lock(struct bttv_fh *fh, struct bttv *btv,
fh->ov.field = win->field;
fh->ov.setup_ok = 1;
- /*
- * FIXME: btv is protected by btv->lock mutex, while btv->init
- * is protected by fh->cap.vb_lock. This seems to open the
- * possibility for some race situations. Maybe the better would
- * be to unify those locks or to use another way to store the
- * init values that will be consumed by videobuf callbacks
- */
btv->init.ov.w.width = win->w.width;
btv->init.ov.w.height = win->w.height;
btv->init.ov.field = win->field;
@@ -3220,15 +3213,6 @@ static int bttv_open(struct file *file)
return -ENOMEM;
file->private_data = fh;
- /*
- * btv is protected by btv->lock mutex, while btv->init and other
- * streaming vars are protected by fh->cap.vb_lock. We need to take
- * care of both locks to avoid troubles. However, vb_lock is used also
- * inside videobuf, without calling buf->lock. So, it is a very bad
- * idea to hold both locks at the same time.
- * Let's first copy btv->init at fh, holding cap.vb_lock, and then work
- * with the rest of init, holding btv->lock.
- */
*fh = btv->init;
fh->type = type;
@@ -3303,10 +3287,6 @@ static int bttv_release(struct file *file)
/* free stuff */
- /*
- * videobuf uses cap.vb_lock - we should avoid holding btv->lock,
- * otherwise we may have dead lock conditions
- */
videobuf_mmap_free(&fh->cap);
videobuf_mmap_free(&fh->vbi);
v4l2_prio_close(&btv->prio, fh->prio);