I checked ext3_ioctl and it looked largely safe to not be used without BKL. So convert it over to unlocked_ioctl. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> v1->v2: drop lock kernel for online growth. resize.c seems to do enough locking --- fs/ext3/dir.c | 2 +- fs/ext3/file.c | 2 +- fs/ext3/ioctl.c | 21 +++++++++++---------- include/linux/ext3_fs.h | 3 +-- 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) Index: linux/fs/ext3/dir.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ext3/dir.c +++ linux/fs/ext3/dir.c @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_dir_op .llseek = generic_file_llseek, .read = generic_read_dir, .readdir = ext3_readdir, /* we take BKL. needed?*/ - .ioctl = ext3_ioctl, /* BKL held */ + .unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ext3_compat_ioctl, #endif Index: linux/fs/ext3/file.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ext3/file.c +++ linux/fs/ext3/file.c @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext3_file_o .write = do_sync_write, .aio_read = generic_file_aio_read, .aio_write = ext3_file_write, - .ioctl = ext3_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = ext3_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ext3_compat_ioctl, #endif Index: linux/fs/ext3/ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ext3/ioctl.c +++ linux/fs/ext3/ioctl.c @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ #include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <asm/uaccess.h> -int ext3_ioctl (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, unsigned int cmd, - unsigned long arg) +long ext3_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { + struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode; struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode); unsigned int flags; unsigned short rsv_window_size; @@ -263,9 +270,6 @@ flags_err: #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT long ext3_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 EXT3_IOC32_GETFLAGS: @@ -305,9 +309,6 @@ long ext3_compat_ioctl(struct file *file default: return -ENOIOCTLCMD; } - lock_kernel(); - ret = ext3_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg)); - unlock_kernel(); - return ret; + return ext3_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long) compat_ptr(arg)); } #endif Index: linux/include/linux/ext3_fs.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/linux/ext3_fs.h +++ linux/include/linux/ext3_fs.h @@ -838,8 +838,7 @@ extern void ext3_get_inode_flags(struct extern void ext3_set_aops(struct inode *inode); /* ioctl.c */ -extern int ext3_ioctl (struct inode *, struct file *, unsigned int, - unsigned long); +extern long ext3_ioctl(struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); extern long ext3_compat_ioctl (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long); /* namei.c */ - 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