linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5 -tip] vfs: Don-t call umount

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Date:	Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:12:05 +0200
From:	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	LFSDEV <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5 -tip] vfs: Don-t call umount_begin with BKL held

Every filesystem should acquire BKL or provide an adeguate locking
mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>
---
 fs/namespace.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index c6f54e4..f046f4b 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1073,9 +1073,7 @@ static int do_umount(struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags)
 	 */
 
 	if (flags & MNT_FORCE && sb->s_op->umount_begin) {
-		lock_kernel();
 		sb->s_op->umount_begin(sb);
-		unlock_kernel();
 	}
 
 	/*
-- 
1.6.0.4

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