linux-kernel - [PATCH 24/27] BKL: Remove BKL from romfs

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Message-Id: <1257156307-24175-25-git-send-email-jblunck@suse.de>
Date:	Mon,  2 Nov 2009 11:05:04 +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>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Bernd Schmidt <bernd.schmidt@...log.com>,
	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
Subject: [PATCH 24/27] BKL: Remove BKL from romfs

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

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
---
 fs/romfs/super.c |    9 +--------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c
index 7342617..c117fa8 100644
--- a/fs/romfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/romfs/super.c
@@ -468,8 +468,6 @@ static int romfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	size_t len;
 	int ret;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	if (!sb->s_mtd) {
 		sb_set_blocksize(sb, ROMBSIZE);
@@ -486,10 +484,8 @@ static int romfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	/* read the image superblock and check it */
 	rsb = kmalloc(512, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rsb) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+	if (!rsb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	sb->s_fs_info = (void *) 512;
 	ret = romfs_dev_read(sb, 0, rsb, 512);
@@ -539,18 +535,15 @@ static int romfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (!sb->s_root)
 		goto error_i;
 
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 
 error_i:
 	iput(root);
 error:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return -EINVAL;
 error_rsb_inval:
 	ret = -EINVAL;
 error_rsb:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.4.2

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