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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-16 00:29:07 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-07-16 00:29:07 +0200
commit82638844d9a8581bbf33201cc209a14876eca167 (patch)
tree961d7f9360194421a71aa644a9d0c176a960ce49 /drivers/char/misc.c
parent9982fbface82893e77d211fbabfbd229da6bdde6 (diff)
parent63cf13b77ab785e87c867defa8545e6d4a989774 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into cpus4096
Conflicts: arch/x86/xen/smp.c kernel/sched_rt.c net/iucv/iucv.c Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char/misc.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/misc.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/misc.c b/drivers/char/misc.c
index eaace0db0ff..6e1563c3d30 100644
--- a/drivers/char/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/misc.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/tty.h>
#include <linux/kmod.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
/*
* Head entry for the doubly linked miscdevice list
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
int err = -ENODEV;
const struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
+ lock_kernel();
mutex_lock(&misc_mtx);
list_for_each_entry(c, &misc_list, list) {
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ static int misc_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
fops_put(old_fops);
fail:
mutex_unlock(&misc_mtx);
+ unlock_kernel();
return err;
}