The BKL is only used in put_super and fill_super 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> --- fs/hfsplus/super.c | 13 +------------ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c index 824f57a..8a77d43 100644 --- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c +++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ #include <linux/pagemap.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/slab.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <linux/vfs.h> #include <linux/nls.h> @@ -210,8 +209,6 @@ static void hfsplus_put_super(struct super_block *sb) if (!sb->s_fs_info) return; - lock_kernel(); - if (sb->s_dirt) hfsplus_write_super(sb); if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) && HFSPLUS_SB(sb).s_vhdr) { @@ -232,8 +229,6 @@ static void hfsplus_put_super(struct super_block *sb) unload_nls(HFSPLUS_SB(sb).nls); kfree(sb->s_fs_info); sb->s_fs_info = NULL; - - unlock_kernel(); } static int hfsplus_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf) @@ -312,13 +307,9 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) struct nls_table *nls = NULL; int err = -EINVAL; - lock_kernel(); - sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!sbi) { - unlock_kernel(); + if (!sbi) return -ENOMEM; - } sb->s_fs_info = sbi; INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&sbi->rsrc_inodes); @@ -463,13 +454,11 @@ static int hfsplus_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) out: unload_nls(sbi->nls); sbi->nls = nls; - unlock_kernel(); return 0; cleanup: hfsplus_put_super(sb); unload_nls(nls); - unlock_kernel(); return err; } -- 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