[PATCH] uml: audio driver locking
authorJeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:43:59 +0000 (01:43 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:51:21 +0000 (10:51 -0800)
Comment the lack of locking and make a couple of variables static.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
arch/um/drivers/hostaudio_kern.c

index a0d148e..f61fa05 100644 (file)
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ struct hostmixer_state {
 #define HOSTAUDIO_DEV_DSP "/dev/sound/dsp"
 #define HOSTAUDIO_DEV_MIXER "/dev/sound/mixer"
 
-/* Only changed from linux_main at boot time */
-char *dsp = HOSTAUDIO_DEV_DSP;
-char *mixer = HOSTAUDIO_DEV_MIXER;
+/* Changed either at boot time or module load time.  At boot, this is
+ * single-threaded; at module load, multiple modules would each have
+ * their own copy of these variables.
+ */
+static char *dsp = HOSTAUDIO_DEV_DSP;
+static char *mixer = HOSTAUDIO_DEV_MIXER;
 
 #define DSP_HELP \
 "    This is used to specify the host dsp device to the hostaudio driver.\n" \