linux-kernel - [PATCH 18/20] BKL: Remove BKL from do_new

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Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:24:51 +0100
From:	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Linux-Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, jkacur@...hat.com,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, matthew@....cx,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 18/20] BKL: Remove BKL from do_new_mount()

After pushing down the BKL to the get_sb/fill_super operations of the
filesystems that still make usage of the BKL it is safe to remove it from
do_new_mount().

I've read through all the code formerly covered by the BKL inside
do_kern_mount() and have satisfied myself that it doesn't need the BKL
any more.

Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
---
 fs/namespace.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index bdc3cb4..3f95497 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1647,9 +1647,7 @@ static int do_new_mount(struct path *path, char *type, int flags,
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	mnt = do_kern_mount(type, flags, name, data);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	if (IS_ERR(mnt))
 		return PTR_ERR(mnt);
 
-- 
1.6.4.2

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