linux-stable.git/drivers/char/tty_mutex.c, branch linux-2.6.36.y Linux kernel stable tree tty: implement BTM as mutex instead of BKL 2010-08-10T20:47:44+00:00 Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de 2010-08-06T19:40:30+00:00 b07471fa51358ce64cc25e1501544502362e4404 The tty locking now follows the rules for mutexes, so we can replace the BKL usage with a new subsystem wide mutex. Using a regular mutex here will change the behaviour when blocked on the BTM from spinning to sleeping, but that should not be visible to the user. Using the mutex also means that all the BTM is now covered by lockdep. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
The tty locking now follows the rules for mutexes, so
we can replace the BKL usage with a new subsystem
wide mutex.

Using a regular mutex here will change the behaviour
when blocked on the BTM from spinning to sleeping,
but that should not be visible to the user.

Using the mutex also means that all the BTM is now
covered by lockdep.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>