From 82ba56c273911f7eda79849cfa0fc2d2e5a3b75b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Torokhov Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:46:55 -0400 Subject: Input: use full RCU API RT guys alerted me to the fact that in their tree spinlocks are preemptible and it is better to use full RCU API (rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock()) to be safe. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov --- drivers/input/joydev.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/input/joydev.c') diff --git a/drivers/input/joydev.c b/drivers/input/joydev.c index f306c97f556d..2b201f9aa024 100644 --- a/drivers/input/joydev.c +++ b/drivers/input/joydev.c @@ -149,8 +149,10 @@ static void joydev_event(struct input_handle *handle, event.time = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies); + rcu_read_lock(); list_for_each_entry_rcu(client, &joydev->client_list, node) joydev_pass_event(client, &event); + rcu_read_unlock(); wake_up_interruptible(&joydev->wait); } @@ -178,12 +180,7 @@ static void joydev_attach_client(struct joydev *joydev, spin_lock(&joydev->client_lock); list_add_tail_rcu(&client->node, &joydev->client_list); spin_unlock(&joydev->client_lock); - /* - * We don't use synchronize_rcu() here because read-side - * critical section is protected by a spinlock (dev->event_lock) - * instead of rcu_read_lock(). - */ - synchronize_sched(); + synchronize_rcu(); } static void joydev_detach_client(struct joydev *joydev, @@ -192,7 +189,7 @@ static void joydev_detach_client(struct joydev *joydev, spin_lock(&joydev->client_lock); list_del_rcu(&client->node); spin_unlock(&joydev->client_lock); - synchronize_sched(); + synchronize_rcu(); } static int joydev_open_device(struct joydev *joydev) -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b