linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/12] BKL: Remove BKL from ReiserFS

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:46:18 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 05/12] BKL: Remove BKL from ReiserFS

The BKL only got into reiserfs through the pushdown into
->fill_super. This function is already sufficiently
serialized using reiserfs_write_lock(), so we can
safely remove the BKL here.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org
---
 fs/reiserfs/super.c |    6 ------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 6874489..b8df814 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 struct file_system_type reiserfs_fs_type;
 
@@ -1628,8 +1627,6 @@ static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	char *qf_names[MAXQUOTAS] = {};
 	unsigned int qfmt = 0;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	save_mount_options(s, data);
 
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct reiserfs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1887,8 +1884,6 @@ static int reiserfs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *data, int silent)
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->bitmap_lock);
 
 	reiserfs_write_unlock(s);
-
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return (0);
 
 error:
@@ -1911,7 +1906,6 @@ error:
 	kfree(sbi);
 
 	s->s_fs_info = NULL;
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return errval;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.1

--
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/