linux-kernel - [PATCH 16/27] BKL: Remove BKL from efs

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <1257156307-24175-17-git-send-email-jblunck@suse.de>
Date:	Mon,  2 Nov 2009 11:04:56 +0100
From:	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Coly Li <coly.li@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 16/27] BKL: Remove BKL from efs

BKL is only used in fill_super. It is safe to remove it.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
---
 fs/efs/super.c |   10 ++--------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/efs/super.c b/fs/efs/super.c
index 0981141..f049428 100644
--- a/fs/efs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efs/super.c
@@ -249,13 +249,9 @@ static int efs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *d, int silent)
 	struct inode *root;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
-	sb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sb) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+ 	sb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	s->s_fs_info = sb;
  
 	s->s_magic		= EFS_SUPER_MAGIC;
@@ -323,14 +319,12 @@ static int efs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *d, int silent)
 		goto out_no_fs;
 	}
 
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 
 out_no_fs_ul:
 out_no_fs:
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	kfree(sb);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.4.2

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/