linux-kernel - [PATCH 18/27] BKL: Remove BKL from hostfs

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Date:	Mon,  2 Nov 2009 11:04:58 +0100
From:	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	WANG Cong <wangcong@...ux.org>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	user-mode-linux-user@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH 18/27] BKL: Remove BKL from hostfs

BKL is only used in fill_super. It is safe to remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
---
 fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c |    4 ----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 5eb2c26..032604e 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -968,8 +968,6 @@ static int hostfs_fill_sb_common(struct super_block *sb, void *d, int silent)
 	char *host_root_path, *req_root = d;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	sb->s_blocksize = 1024;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = 10;
 	sb->s_magic = HOSTFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
@@ -1018,7 +1016,6 @@ static int hostfs_fill_sb_common(struct super_block *sb, void *d, int silent)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 
 out_put:
@@ -1026,7 +1023,6 @@ out_put:
 out_free:
 	kfree(host_root_path);
 out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.4.2

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