patch-2.1.27 linux/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c

• Lines: 17
• Date: Tue Feb 25 13:36:08 1997
• Orig file: v2.1.26/linux/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c
• Orig date: Fri Feb 7 05:54:53 1997

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.26/linux/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c linux/arch/i386/kernel/sys_i386.c
@@ -88,14 +88,11 @@
 asmlinkage int old_select(struct sel_arg_struct *arg)
 {
 	struct sel_arg_struct a;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&a, arg, sizeof(a)))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	lock_kernel();
-	ret = sys_select(a.n, a.inp, a.outp, a.exp, a.tvp);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return ret;
+	/* sys_select() does the appropriate kernel locking */
+	return sys_select(a.n, a.inp, a.outp, a.exp, a.tvp);
 }
 
 /*