linux-kernel - [PATCH] [4/18] ext3: Remove incorrect BKL comment

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Message-Id: <20080127021710.6615B14D2E@wotan.suse.de>
Date:	Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:17:10 +0100 (CET)
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	sct@...hat.com, adilger@...sterfs.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...l.org
Subject: [PATCH] [4/18] ext3: Remove incorrect BKL comment


There is no BKL held on entry in ->fsync nor in the low level ext3_sync_file.

Cc: sct@...hat.com
Cc: adilger@...sterfs.com

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>

---
 fs/ext3/dir.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/fs/ext3/dir.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/fs/ext3/dir.c
+++ linux/fs/ext3/dir.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_dir_op
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext3_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
-	.fsync		= ext3_sync_file,	/* BKL held */
+	.fsync		= ext3_sync_file,
 	.release	= ext3_release_dir,
 };
 
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