linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: definitely drop the bkl from reiserfs

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Date:	Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:26:06 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>,
	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>,
	Bron Gondwana <brong@...tmail.fm>,
	Reiserfs <reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrea Gelmini <andrea.gelmini@...il.com>,
	"Trenton D. Adams" <trenton.d.adams@...il.com>,
	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...ware.it>,
	Marcel Hilzinger <mhilzinger@...uxnewmedia.de>,
	Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@...il.com>,
	Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@...e.fr>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: definitely drop the bkl from reiserfs_ioctl()

The reiserfs ioctl path doesn't need the big kernel lock anymore , now
that the filesystem synchronizes through its own lock.

We can then turn reiserfs_ioctl() into an unlocked_ioctl callback.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@...e.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
Cc: Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@...e.fr>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 fs/reiserfs/dir.c           |    2 +-
 fs/reiserfs/file.c          |    2 +-
 fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c         |   11 +++--------
 include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h |    3 +--
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
index 17f31ad..c094f58 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/dir.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const struct file_operations reiserfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir = reiserfs_readdir,
 	.fsync = reiserfs_dir_fsync,
-	.ioctl = reiserfs_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = reiserfs_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl = reiserfs_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index 9f43666..da2dba0 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static ssize_t reiserfs_file_write(struct file *file,	/* the file we are going t
 const struct file_operations reiserfs_file_operations = {
 	.read = do_sync_read,
 	.write = reiserfs_file_write,
-	.ioctl = reiserfs_ioctl,
+	.unlocked_ioctl = reiserfs_ioctl,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl = reiserfs_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
index e30e8be..ace7745 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
  *  2) REISERFS_IOC_[GS]ETFLAGS, REISERFS_IOC_[GS]ETVERSION
  *  3) That's all for a while ...
  */
-int reiserfs_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd,
-		   unsigned long arg)
+long reiserfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	unsigned int flags;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ setversion_out:
 long reiserfs_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 				unsigned long arg)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
-	int ret;
-
 	/* These are just misnamed, they actually get/put from/to user an int */
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case REISERFS_IOC32_UNPACK:
@@ -156,9 +153,7 @@ long reiserfs_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 		return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 	}
 
-	ret = reiserfs_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg));
-
-	return ret;
+	return reiserfs_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg));
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
index a498d92..a05b4a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/reiserfs_fs.h
@@ -2314,8 +2314,7 @@ __u32 r5_hash(const signed char *msg, int len);
 #define SPARE_SPACE 500
 
 /* prototypes from ioctl.c */
-int reiserfs_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
-		   unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
+long reiserfs_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 long reiserfs_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		   unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 int reiserfs_unpack(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
-- 
1.6.2.3

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