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Date:	Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:47:08 GMT
From:	tip-bot for John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	jkacur@...hat.com, gerg@...inux.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:bkl/arch] m68knommu: Remove the BKL from sys_execve

Commit-ID:  eb7371d4fdcc40a390e8bdf90c99b5541213ca45
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/eb7371d4fdcc40a390e8bdf90c99b5541213ca45
Author:     John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:37:28 +0200
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:18:14 +0200

m68knommu: Remove the BKL from sys_execve

This looks like a copy-and-paste of functionality that no-longer needs
the bkl.  Just remove it.

Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Reviewed: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>
LKML-Reference: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0910130014520.3658@...alhost.localdomain>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c |    5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c
index 8f8f4ab..5c9ecd4 100644
--- a/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/m68knommu/kernel/process.c
@@ -352,15 +352,12 @@ asmlinkage int sys_execve(char *name, char **argv, char **envp)
 	char * filename;
 	struct pt_regs *regs = (struct pt_regs *) &name;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	filename = getname(name);
 	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
 	if (IS_ERR(filename))
-		goto out;
+		return error;
 	error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, regs);
 	putname(filename);
-out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }
 
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