2.4.14-pre8

 fs

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.4.13/linux/fs/char_dev.c linux/fs/char_dev.c
--- v2.4.13/linux/fs/char_dev.c   Tue May 22 09:35:42 2001
+++ linux/fs/char_dev.c   Fri Nov  2 11:48:21 2001
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@
 
 void cdput(struct char_device *cdev)
 {
-   if (atomic_dec_and_test(&cdev->count)) {
-      spin_lock(&cdev_lock);
+   if (atomic_dec_and_lock(&cdev->count, &cdev_lock)) {
       list_del(&cdev->hash);
       spin_unlock(&cdev_lock);
       destroy_cdev(cdev);