The BKL is only used in remount_fs and get_sb that are both protected by the superblocks s_umount rw_semaphore. Therefore it is safe to remove the BKL entirely. Signed-off-by: Jan Blunck <jblunck@xxxxxxx> --- kernel/cgroup.c | 8 -------- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index b86c378..a8844f3 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ #include <linux/cgroupstats.h> #include <linux/hash.h> #include <linux/namei.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <linux/pid_namespace.h> #include <linux/idr.h> #include <linux/vmalloc.h> /* TODO: replace with more sophisticated array */ @@ -1082,7 +1081,6 @@ static int cgroup_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data) struct cgroup *cgrp = &root->top_cgroup; struct cgroup_sb_opts opts; - lock_kernel(); mutex_lock(&cgrp->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex); @@ -1117,7 +1115,6 @@ static int cgroup_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data) kfree(opts.name); mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex); mutex_unlock(&cgrp->dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); - unlock_kernel(); return ret; } @@ -1290,8 +1287,6 @@ static int cgroup_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, struct super_block *sb; struct cgroupfs_root *new_root; - lock_kernel(); - /* First find the desired set of subsystems */ ret = parse_cgroupfs_options(data, &opts); if (ret) @@ -1412,7 +1407,6 @@ static int cgroup_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb); kfree(opts.release_agent); kfree(opts.name); - unlock_kernel(); return 0; drop_new_super: @@ -1420,8 +1414,6 @@ static int cgroup_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, out_err: kfree(opts.release_agent); kfree(opts.name); - 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
