patch-2.3.30 linux/net/socket.c

• Lines: 20
• Date: Sat Nov 27 15:27:49 1999
• Orig file: v2.3.29/linux/net/socket.c
• Orig date: Mon Oct 11 15:38:15 1999

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.29/linux/net/socket.c linux/net/socket.c
@@ -340,18 +340,9 @@
 	struct inode * inode;
 	struct socket * sock;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-	/* Damn! get_empty_inode is not SMP safe.
-	   I ask, why does it have decorative spinlock
-	   at the very beginning? Probably, dcache ops should
-	   be lock_kernel'ed inside inode.c
-	 */
 	inode = get_empty_inode();
-	if (!inode) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+	if (!inode)
 		return NULL;
-	}
-	unlock_kernel();
 
 	sock = socki_lookup(inode);