From: Stephen Rothwell Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:54:16 +0000 (+1000) Subject: [POWERPC] fix spin lock nesting in hvc_iseries X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d86d9b8cab45adf64e2ea8fe975bec3282b5de81;p=linux-beck.git [POWERPC] fix spin lock nesting in hvc_iseries We had nested spinlocks using the same flags variable, but it turns out that we don't need the nested locks at all (the lock protects a static buffer that we aren't using here), so just remove the extra locks. Spotted by Alexey Dobriyan. Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras --- diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c b/drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c index 4747729459c7..8b6f197e5f8c 100644 --- a/drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c +++ b/drivers/char/hvc_iseries.c @@ -153,9 +153,7 @@ static int put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count) spin_lock_irqsave(&consolelock, flags); if (viochar_is_console(pi) && !viopath_isactive(pi->lp)) { - spin_lock_irqsave(&consoleloglock, flags); HvCall_writeLogBuffer(buf, count); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&consoleloglock, flags); sent = count; goto done; } @@ -171,11 +169,8 @@ static int put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int count) len = (count > VIOCHAR_MAX_DATA) ? VIOCHAR_MAX_DATA : count; - if (viochar_is_console(pi)) { - spin_lock_irqsave(&consoleloglock, flags); + if (viochar_is_console(pi)) HvCall_writeLogBuffer(buf, len); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&consoleloglock, flags); - } init_data_event(viochar, pi->lp);