mips: cdev lock_kernel() pushdown

Push the cdev lock_kernel() call into MIPS-specific drivers.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
index 2794501ff302..972b2d2b8401 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vpe.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/moduleloader.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
@@ -1050,17 +1051,20 @@ static int vpe_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         enum vpe_state state;
         struct vpe_notifications *not;
         struct vpe *v;
-        int ret;
+        int ret, err = 0;
 
+        lock_kernel();
         if (minor != iminor(inode)) {
                 /* assume only 1 device at the moment. */
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "VPE loader: only vpe1 is supported\n");
-                return -ENODEV;
+                err = -ENODEV;
+                goto out;
         }
 
         if ((v = get_vpe(tclimit)) == NULL) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING "VPE loader: unable to get vpe\n");
-                return -ENODEV;
+                err = -ENODEV;
+                goto out;
         }
 
         state = xchg(&v->state, VPE_STATE_INUSE);
@@ -1100,6 +1104,8 @@ static int vpe_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
         v->shared_ptr = NULL;
         v->__start = 0;
 
+out:
+        unlock_kernel();
         return 0;
 }