BKL is only used in fill_super. It is safe to remove it. Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx> --- fs/efs/super.c | 10 ++-------- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/efs/super.c b/fs/efs/super.c index 0981141..f049428 100644 --- a/fs/efs/super.c +++ b/fs/efs/super.c @@ -249,13 +249,9 @@ static int efs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *d, int silent) struct inode *root; int ret = -EINVAL; - lock_kernel(); - - sb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!sb) { - unlock_kernel(); + sb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!sb) return -ENOMEM; - } s->s_fs_info = sb; s->s_magic = EFS_SUPER_MAGIC; @@ -323,14 +319,12 @@ static int efs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, void *d, int silent) goto out_no_fs; } - unlock_kernel(); return 0; out_no_fs_ul: out_no_fs: s->s_fs_info = NULL; kfree(sb); - unlock_kernel(); return ret; } -- 1.6.4.2 -- 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