BKL is only used in fill_super. It is safe to remove it. Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx> --- fs/romfs/super.c | 9 +-------- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/romfs/super.c b/fs/romfs/super.c index 7342617..c117fa8 100644 --- a/fs/romfs/super.c +++ b/fs/romfs/super.c @@ -468,8 +468,6 @@ static int romfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) size_t len; int ret; - lock_kernel(); - #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK if (!sb->s_mtd) { sb_set_blocksize(sb, ROMBSIZE); @@ -486,10 +484,8 @@ static int romfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) /* read the image superblock and check it */ rsb = kmalloc(512, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!rsb) { - unlock_kernel(); + if (!rsb) return -ENOMEM; - } sb->s_fs_info = (void *) 512; ret = romfs_dev_read(sb, 0, rsb, 512); @@ -539,18 +535,15 @@ static int romfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) if (!sb->s_root) goto error_i; - unlock_kernel(); return 0; error_i: iput(root); error: - unlock_kernel(); return -EINVAL; error_rsb_inval: ret = -EINVAL; error_rsb: - 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