From: Krzysztof Helt Remove mutex from the fb_open/fb_release functions as these operations are mutexed at fb layer. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/video/neofb.c | 10 ++-------- include/video/neomagic.h | 1 - 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/video/neofb.c~neofb-remove-open_lock-mutex drivers/video/neofb.c --- a/drivers/video/neofb.c~neofb-remove-open_lock-mutex +++ a/drivers/video/neofb.c @@ -557,14 +557,12 @@ neofb_open(struct fb_info *info, int use { struct neofb_par *par = info->par; - mutex_lock(&par->open_lock); if (!par->ref_count) { memset(&par->state, 0, sizeof(struct vgastate)); par->state.flags = VGA_SAVE_MODE | VGA_SAVE_FONTS; save_vga(&par->state); } par->ref_count++; - mutex_unlock(&par->open_lock); return 0; } @@ -574,16 +572,13 @@ neofb_release(struct fb_info *info, int { struct neofb_par *par = info->par; - mutex_lock(&par->open_lock); - if (!par->ref_count) { - mutex_unlock(&par->open_lock); + if (!par->ref_count) return -EINVAL; - } + if (par->ref_count == 1) { restore_vga(&par->state); } par->ref_count--; - mutex_unlock(&par->open_lock); return 0; } @@ -1958,7 +1953,6 @@ static struct fb_info *__devinit neo_all info->fix.accel = id->driver_data; - mutex_init(&par->open_lock); par->pci_burst = !nopciburst; par->lcd_stretch = !nostretch; par->libretto = libretto; diff -puN include/video/neomagic.h~neofb-remove-open_lock-mutex include/video/neomagic.h --- a/include/video/neomagic.h~neofb-remove-open_lock-mutex +++ a/include/video/neomagic.h @@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ typedef volatile struct { struct neofb_par { struct vgastate state; - struct mutex open_lock; unsigned int ref_count; unsigned char MiscOutReg; /* Misc */ _