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/hfs/super.c | 14 ++------------ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c index a2e19ff..6e0ff34 100644 --- a/fs/hfs/super.c +++ b/fs/hfs/super.c @@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ #include <linux/nls.h> #include <linux/parser.h> #include <linux/seq_file.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include <linux/vfs.h> #include "hfs_fs.h" @@ -78,15 +77,11 @@ static int hfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait) */ static void hfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb) { - lock_kernel(); - if (sb->s_dirt) hfs_write_super(sb); hfs_mdb_close(sb); /* release the MDB's resources */ hfs_mdb_put(sb); - - unlock_kernel(); } /* @@ -381,13 +376,10 @@ static int hfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) struct inode *root_inode; int res; - lock_kernel(); - sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hfs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!sbi) { - unlock_kernel(); + if (!sbi) return -ENOMEM; - } + sb->s_fs_info = sbi; INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&sbi->rsrc_inodes); @@ -433,7 +425,6 @@ static int hfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) sb->s_root->d_op = &hfs_dentry_operations; /* everything's okay */ - unlock_kernel(); return 0; bail_iput: @@ -442,7 +433,6 @@ bail_no_root: printk(KERN_ERR "hfs: get root inode failed.\n"); bail: hfs_mdb_put(sb); - unlock_kernel(); return res; } -- 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