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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
index 70bec548d904..e4a9ed67bb2e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -322,11 +322,19 @@ static long v4l2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
int ret = -ENODEV;
if (vdev->fops->unlocked_ioctl) {
- if (vdev->lock && mutex_lock_interruptible(vdev->lock))
- return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ bool locked = false;
+
+ if (vdev->lock) {
+ /* always lock unless the cmd is marked as "don't use lock" */
+ locked = !v4l2_is_known_ioctl(cmd) ||
+ !test_bit(_IOC_NR(cmd), vdev->dont_use_lock);
+
+ if (locked && mutex_lock_interruptible(vdev->lock))
+ return -ERESTARTSYS;
+ }
if (video_is_registered(vdev))
ret = vdev->fops->unlocked_ioctl(filp, cmd, arg);
- if (vdev->lock)
+ if (locked)
mutex_unlock(vdev->lock);
} else if (vdev->fops->ioctl) {
/* This code path is a replacement for the BKL. It is a major