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Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:34:24 +0200
From:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Remove superfluous lock_super() in ext2 and ext3 xattr code

lock_super() is unnecessary for setting super-block feature flags.
Use the provided *_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE() macros as well.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>

Index: linux-2.6.19-rc2/fs/ext2/xattr.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc2.orig/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc2/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -342,12 +342,9 @@ static void ext2_xattr_update_super_bloc
 	if (EXT2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR))
 		return;
 
-	lock_super(sb);
-	EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es->s_feature_compat |=
-		cpu_to_le32(EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
+	EXT2_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT2_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
 	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
-	unlock_super(sb);
 }
 
 /*
Index: linux-2.6.19-rc2/fs/ext3/xattr.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.19-rc2.orig/fs/ext3/xattr.c
+++ linux-2.6.19-rc2/fs/ext3/xattr.c
@@ -459,14 +459,11 @@ static void ext3_xattr_update_super_bloc
 	if (EXT3_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR))
 		return;
 
-	lock_super(sb);
 	if (ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh) == 0) {
-		EXT3_SB(sb)->s_es->s_feature_compat |=
-			cpu_to_le32(EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
+		EXT3_SET_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT3_FEATURE_COMPAT_EXT_ATTR);
 		sb->s_dirt = 1;
 		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
 	}
-	unlock_super(sb);
 }
 
 /*
-
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