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Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:17:22 +0000 From: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@...golddream.dyndns.info> To: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/filesystems: remove out of date reference to BKL being held Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt incorrectly states that the kernel is locked during the call to statfs (Documentation/filesystems/Locking correctly says it is not). This patch removes the offending sentence. remove reference to BKL being held in statfs Signed-off-by: Adrian McMenamin <adrian@...en.demon.co.uk> --- diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt index deeeed0..f49eecf 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt @@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ or bottom half). unfreeze_fs: called when VFS is unlocking a filesystem and making it writable again. - statfs: called when the VFS needs to get filesystem statistics. This - is called with the kernel lock held + statfs: called when the VFS needs to get filesystem statistics. remount_fs: called when the filesystem is remounted. This is called with the kernel lock held -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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