The binderfs_binder_ctl_create() call is a no-op on subsequent calls and the first call is done before we unlock the suberblock. Hence, there is no need to take inode_lock() in there. Let's remove it. Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <christian@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Note, that fs/devptfs/inode.c:mknod_ptmx() is currently holding inode_lock() too under the exact same circumstances. Seems that we can drop it from there too. /* Changelog */ v1: - patch unchanged --- drivers/android/binderfs.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c index ba88be172aee..d537dcdb5d65 100644 --- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c +++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c @@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb) if (!device) return -ENOMEM; - inode_lock(d_inode(root)); - /* If we have already created a binder-control node, return. */ if (info->control_dentry) { ret = 0; @@ -440,12 +438,10 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb) inode->i_private = device; info->control_dentry = dentry; d_add(dentry, inode); - inode_unlock(d_inode(root)); return 0; out: - inode_unlock(d_inode(root)); kfree(device); iput(inode); -- 2.19.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel