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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/amiserial.c32
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 30 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/amiserial.c b/drivers/char/amiserial.c
index 9d6713a93ed74d..486f97c3f4e5a7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/amiserial.c
+++ b/drivers/char/amiserial.c
@@ -112,17 +112,6 @@ static struct serial_state rs_table[1];
#define NR_PORTS ARRAY_SIZE(rs_table)
-/*
- * tmp_buf is used as a temporary buffer by serial_write. We need to
- * lock it in case the copy_from_user blocks while swapping in a page,
- * and some other program tries to do a serial write at the same time.
- * Since the lock will only come under contention when the system is
- * swapping and available memory is low, it makes sense to share one
- * buffer across all the serial ports, since it significantly saves
- * memory if large numbers of serial ports are open.
- */
-static unsigned char *tmp_buf;
-
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#define serial_isroot() (capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
@@ -912,7 +901,7 @@ static int rs_write(struct tty_struct * tty, const unsigned char *buf, int count
if (serial_paranoia_check(info, tty->name, "rs_write"))
return 0;
- if (!info->xmit.buf || !tmp_buf)
+ if (!info->xmit.buf)
return 0;
local_save_flags(flags);
@@ -1778,7 +1767,6 @@ static int rs_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
{
struct async_struct *info;
int retval, line;
- unsigned long page;
line = tty->index;
if ((line < 0) || (line >= NR_PORTS)) {
@@ -1798,17 +1786,6 @@ static int rs_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
#endif
info->tty->low_latency = (info->flags & ASYNC_LOW_LATENCY) ? 1 : 0;
- if (!tmp_buf) {
- page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!page) {
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
- if (tmp_buf)
- free_page(page);
- else
- tmp_buf = (unsigned char *) page;
- }
-
/*
* If the port is the middle of closing, bail out now
*/
@@ -1958,7 +1935,7 @@ static void show_serial_version(void)
}
-static struct tty_operations serial_ops = {
+static const struct tty_operations serial_ops = {
.open = rs_open,
.close = rs_close,
.write = rs_write,
@@ -2090,11 +2067,6 @@ static __exit void rs_exit(void)
kfree(info);
}
- if (tmp_buf) {
- free_page((unsigned long) tmp_buf);
- tmp_buf = NULL;
- }
-
release_mem_region(CUSTOM_PHYSADDR+0x30, 4);
}