[media] dvb: push down ioctl lock in dvb_usercopy
authorNikolaus Schulz <schulz@macnetix.de>
Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:49:07 +0000 (18:49 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:44:21 +0000 (15:44 -0200)
commit30ad64b8ac539459f8975aa186421ef3db0bb5cb
tree1f1024574f1e7bb1ddf25ea79f3c361acfa0f3fe
parent6ae23224557d797439d02f6ce5d10a82ab544b21
[media] dvb: push down ioctl lock in dvb_usercopy

Since most dvb ioctls wrap their real work with dvb_usercopy, the static mutex
used in dvb_usercopy effectively is a global lock for dvb ioctls.
Unfortunately, frontend ioctls can be blocked by the frontend thread for
several seconds; this leads to unacceptable lock contention.  Mitigate that by
pushing the mutex from dvb_usercopy down to the individual, device specific
ioctls.
There are 10 such ioctl functions using dvb_usercopy, either calling it
directly, or via the trivial wrapper dvb_generic_ioctl. The following already
employ their own locking and look safe:
    • dvb_demux_ioctl           (as per dvb_demux_do_ioctl)
    • dvb_dvr_ioctl             (as per dvb_dvr_do_ioctl)
    • dvb_osd_ioctl             (as per single non-trivial callee)
    • fdtv_ca_ioctl             (as per callees)
    • dvb_frontend_ioctl
The following functions do not, and are thus changed to use a device specific
mutex:
    • dvb_net_ioctl             (as per dvb_net_do_ioctl)
    • dvb_ca_en50221_io_ioctl   (as per dvb_ca_en50221_io_do_ioctl)
    • dvb_video_ioctl
    • dvb_audio_ioctl
    • dvb_ca_ioctl

Signed-off-by: Nikolaus Schulz <schulz@macnetix.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ca_en50221.c
drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.c
drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_net.h
drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110.c
drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110.h
drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_av.c
drivers/media/pci/ttpci/av7110_ca.c