As far as I can see there is nothing in ocfs2_ioctl that requires the BKL, so use unlocked_ioctl Cc: mark.fasheh@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/file.c | 4 ++-- fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c | 12 +++--------- fs/ocfs2/ioctl.h | 3 +-- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) Index: linux/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c +++ linux/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.c @@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ bail: return status; } -int ocfs2_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, - unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) +long ocfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { + struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode; unsigned int flags; int status; struct ocfs2_space_resv sr; @@ -148,9 +148,6 @@ int ocfs2_ioctl(struct inode * inode, st #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT long ocfs2_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg) { - struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode; - int ret; - switch (cmd) { case OCFS2_IOC32_GETFLAGS: cmd = OCFS2_IOC_GETFLAGS; @@ -167,9 +164,6 @@ long ocfs2_compat_ioctl(struct file *fil return -ENOIOCTLCMD; } - lock_kernel(); - ret = ocfs2_ioctl(inode, file, cmd, arg); - unlock_kernel(); - return ret; + return ocfs2_ioctl(file, cmd, arg); } #endif Index: linux/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.h +++ linux/fs/ocfs2/ioctl.h @@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ #ifndef OCFS2_IOCTL_H #define OCFS2_IOCTL_H -int ocfs2_ioctl(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp, - unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); +long ocfs2_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg); long ocfs2_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg); #endif /* OCFS2_IOCTL_H */ Index: linux/fs/ocfs2/file.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/fs/ocfs2/file.c +++ linux/fs/ocfs2/file.c @@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_fops .open = ocfs2_file_open, .aio_read = ocfs2_file_aio_read, .aio_write = ocfs2_file_aio_write, - .ioctl = ocfs2_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = ocfs2_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ocfs2_compat_ioctl, #endif @@ -2224,7 +2224,7 @@ const struct file_operations ocfs2_dops .read = generic_read_dir, .readdir = ocfs2_readdir, .fsync = ocfs2_sync_file, - .ioctl = ocfs2_ioctl, + .unlocked_ioctl = ocfs2_ioctl, #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT .compat_ioctl = ocfs2_compat_ioctl, #endif - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html