linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/27] BKL: Remove BKL from ext4 filesystem

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Message-ID: <20091109144500.GA11942@mit.edu>
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
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