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    ieee1394: raw1394: replace BKL by local mutex, make ioctl() and mmap() thread-safe · 10963ea1
    Stefan Richter 提交于
    This removes the last usage of the Big Kernel Lock from the ieee1394
    stack, i.e. from raw1394's (unlocked_)ioctl and compat_ioctl.
    
    The ioctl()s don't need to take the BKL, but they need to be serialized
    per struct file *.  In particular, accesses to ->iso_state need to be
    serial.  We simply use a blocking mutex for this purpose because
    libraw1394 does not use O_NONBLOCK.  In practice, there is no lock
    contention anyway because most if not all libraw1394 clients use a
    libraw1394 handle only in a single thread.
    
    mmap() also accesses ->iso_state.  Until now this was unprotected
    against concurrent changes by ioctls.  Fix this bug while we are at it.
    Signed-off-by: NStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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