I checked ext2_ioctl and could not find anything in there that would need the BKL. So convert it over to use unlocked_ioctl Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/dir.c | 2 +- fs/ext2/ext2.h | 3 +-- fs/ext2/file.c | 4 ++-- fs/ext2/ioctl.c | 12 +++--------- 4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) Index: linux/fs/ext2/dir.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ext2/dir.c +++ linux/fs/ext2/dir.c @@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_dir_op .llseek = generic_file_llseek, .read = generic_read_dir, .readdir = ext2_readdir, - .ioctl = ext2_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = ext2_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ext2_compat_ioctl, #endif Index: linux/fs/ext2/ext2.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ext2/ext2.h +++ linux/fs/ext2/ext2.h @@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ int __ext2_write_begin(struct file *file struct page **pagep, void **fsdata); /* ioctl.c */ -extern int ext2_ioctl (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int, - unsigned long); +extern long ext2_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); extern long ext2_compat_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); /* namei.c */ Index: linux/fs/ext2/file.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ext2/file.c +++ linux/fs/ext2/file.c @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_file_o .write = do_sync_write, .aio_read = generic_file_aio_read, .aio_write = generic_file_aio_write, - .ioctl = ext2_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = ext2_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ext2_compat_ioctl, #endif @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_xip_fi .llseek = generic_file_llseek, .read = xip_file_read, .write = xip_file_write, - .ioctl = ext2_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = ext2_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ext2_compat_ioctl, #endif Index: linux/fs/ext2/ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ext2/ioctl.c +++ linux/fs/ext2/ioctl.c @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ #include <asm/uaccess.h> -int ext2_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd, - unsigned long arg) +long ext2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { + struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode; struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode); unsigned int flags; unsigned short rsv_window_size; @@ -141,9 +141,6 @@ int ext2_ioctl (struct inode * inode, st #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT long ext2_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { - struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode; - int ret; - /* These are just misnamed, they actually get/put from/to user an int */ switch (cmd) { case EXT2_IOC32_GETFLAGS: @@ -161,9 +158,6 @@ long ext2_compat_ioctl(struct file *file default: return -ENOIOCTLCMD; } - lock_kernel(); - ret = ext2_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg)); - unlock_kernel(); - return ret; + return ext2_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg)); } #endif - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html