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| author | Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> | 2010-09-14 16:35:07 -0300 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2010-10-21 01:06:11 -0200 |
| commit | e4e62b35b8cf008f47ffd240d04bde654d289a46 (patch) | |
| tree | 276d881f00468e72061052c7f045bb18360ff1b1 /Documentation/rt-mutex-design.txt | |
| parent | 634c6931637093f012df56d489e0b2f7735c235f (diff) | |
| download | linux-e4e62b35b8cf008f47ffd240d04bde654d289a46.tar.gz | |
V4L/DVB: dvb-core: kill the big kernel lock
The dvb core only uses the big kernel lock in the open
and ioctl functions, which means it can be replaced with
a dvb specific mutex. Fortunately, all the ioctl functions
go through dvb_usercopy, so we can move the serialization
in there.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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