Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
 #include "drmP.h"
 #include "drm_sarea.h"
 #include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 static int drm_open_helper(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
                           struct drm_device * dev);
 
        DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
+       /* BKL pushdown: note that nothing else serializes idr_find() */
+       lock_kernel();
        minor = idr_find(&drm_minors_idr, minor_id);
        if (!minor)
-               return -ENODEV;
+               goto out;
 
        if (!(dev = minor->dev))
-               return -ENODEV;
+               goto out;
 
        old_fops = filp->f_op;
        filp->f_op = fops_get(&dev->driver->fops);
        }
        fops_put(old_fops);
 
+out:
+       unlock_kernel();
        return err;
 }