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-rw-r--r--drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
index 9494005d1c9a..e603736682bf 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
#include <linux/cdev.h>
#include <linux/idr.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1154,11 +1153,18 @@ static unsigned int ib_ucm_poll(struct file *filp,
return mask;
}
+/*
+ * ib_ucm_open() does not need the BKL:
+ *
+ * - no global state is referred to;
+ * - there is no ioctl method to race against;
+ * - no further module initialization is required for open to work
+ * after the device is registered.
+ */
static int ib_ucm_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
struct ib_ucm_file *file;
- cycle_kernel_lock();
file = kmalloc(sizeof(*file), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!file)
return -ENOMEM;