linux-kernel - [PATCH 26/27] BKL: Remove BKL from ubifs

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Date:	Mon,  2 Nov 2009 11:05:06 +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>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...ia.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 26/27] BKL: Remove BKL from ubifs

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

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
---
 fs/ubifs/super.c |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 04a0fc9..333e181 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -2029,8 +2029,6 @@ static int ubifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	struct super_block *sb;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	dbg_gen("name %s, flags %#x", name, flags);
 
 	/*
@@ -2042,7 +2040,6 @@ static int ubifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	if (IS_ERR(ubi)) {
 		ubifs_err("cannot open \"%s\", error %d",
 			  name, (int)PTR_ERR(ubi));
-		unlock_kernel();
 		return PTR_ERR(ubi);
 	}
 	ubi_get_volume_info(ubi, &vi);
@@ -2080,14 +2077,12 @@ static int ubifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 	ubi_close_volume(ubi);
 
 	simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 
 out_deact:
 	deactivate_locked_super(sb);
 out_close:
 	ubi_close_volume(ubi);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.4.2

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