linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6 RFC] arch/frv/kernel/process.c: Remove the BKL from sys

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:33:42 +0200 (CEST)
From:	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Vincent Sanders <vince@...tec.co.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Greg Ungerer <gerg@...inux.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Koichi Yasutake <yasutake.koichi@...panasonic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/6 RFC] arch/frv/kernel/process.c: Remove the BKL from
 sys_execve

>From 4489496ad43049df06b7ffc37afcea561fdb52b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:53:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] arch/frv/kernel/process.c: Remove the BKL from sys_execve

sys_execve for frv seems to be a copy-and-paste of sys_execve that
no longer requires the bkl. Just remove it.

Signed-off-by: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
---
 arch/frv/kernel/process.c |    5 +----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/process.c b/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
index 9042559..21d0fd1 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
@@ -255,15 +255,12 @@ asmlinkage int sys_execve(char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv, char __
 	int error;
 	char * filename;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	filename = getname(name);
 	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
 	if (IS_ERR(filename))
-		goto out;
+		return error;
 	error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, __frame);
 	putname(filename);
- out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.0.6


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