linux-kernel - [PATCH 23/27] BKL: Remove BKL from ramfs

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Message-Id: <1257156307-24175-24-git-send-email-jblunck@suse.de>
Date:	Mon,  2 Nov 2009 11:05:03 +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>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Avan Anishchuk <matimatik@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 23/27] BKL: Remove BKL from ramfs

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

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
---
 fs/ramfs/inode.c |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ramfs/inode.c b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
index 9b3983f..a6090aa 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs/inode.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h> /* Only for lock_kernel() */
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -221,8 +220,6 @@ static int ramfs_fill_super(struct super_block * sb, void * data, int silent)
 	struct dentry *root;
 	int err;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	save_mount_options(sb, data);
 
 	fsi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ramfs_fs_info), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -256,13 +253,11 @@ static int ramfs_fill_super(struct super_block * sb, void * data, int silent)
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
 fail:
 	kfree(fsi);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	iput(inode);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
1.6.4.2

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