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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:45:01 -0500 From: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> To: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de> Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/27] BKL: Remove BKL from ext4 filesystem On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 11:04:48AM +0100, Jan Blunck wrote: > The BKL is still used in ext4_put_super(), ext4_fill_super() and > ext4_remount(). All three calles are protected against concurrent calls by > the s_umount rw semaphore of struct super_block. > > Therefore the BKL is protecting nothing in this case. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de> Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> - Ted -- 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/
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