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File 5582bf81-evtchn-remove-the-locking-when-unmasking-an-event-channel.patch of Package xen.5853

# Commit e156654d4eb2fdeb524e6b40838767a5dc918966
# Date 2015-06-18 14:54:25 +0200
# Author David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
# Committer Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
evtchn: remove the locking when unmasking an event channel

The event channel lock is no longer required to check if the port is
valid.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>

Index: xen-4.5.3-testing/xen/common/event_channel.c
===================================================================
--- xen-4.5.3-testing.orig/xen/common/event_channel.c
+++ xen-4.5.3-testing/xen/common/event_channel.c
@@ -932,8 +932,6 @@ int evtchn_unmask(unsigned int port)
     struct domain *d = current->domain;
     struct evtchn *evtchn;
 
-    ASSERT(spin_is_locked(&d->event_lock));
-
     if ( unlikely(!port_is_valid(d, port)) )
         return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1100,9 +1098,7 @@ long do_event_channel_op(int cmd, XEN_GU
         struct evtchn_unmask unmask;
         if ( copy_from_guest(&unmask, arg, 1) != 0 )
             return -EFAULT;
-        spin_lock(&current->domain->event_lock);
         rc = evtchn_unmask(unmask.port);
-        spin_unlock(&current->domain->event_lock);
         break;
     }

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