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> Cc: Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/cifsfs.c | 13 +------------ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c index 09ccb9d..137d1e8 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ #include <linux/delay.h> #include <linux/kthread.h> #include <linux/freezer.h> -#include <linux/smp_lock.h> #include "cifsfs.h" #include "cifspdu.h" #define DECLARE_GLOBALS_HERE @@ -201,8 +200,6 @@ cifs_put_super(struct super_block *sb) return; } - lock_kernel(); - rc = cifs_umount(sb, cifs_sb); if (rc) cERROR(1, ("cifs_umount failed with return code %d", rc)); @@ -215,8 +212,6 @@ cifs_put_super(struct super_block *sb) unload_nls(cifs_sb->local_nls); kfree(cifs_sb); - - unlock_kernel(); } static int @@ -598,28 +593,22 @@ cifs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int rc; struct super_block *sb; - lock_kernel(); - sb = sget(fs_type, NULL, set_anon_super, NULL); cFYI(1, ("Devname: %s flags: %d ", dev_name, flags)); - if (IS_ERR(sb)) { - unlock_kernel(); + if (IS_ERR(sb)) return PTR_ERR(sb); - } sb->s_flags = flags; rc = cifs_read_super(sb, data, dev_name, flags & MS_SILENT ? 1 : 0); if (rc) { deactivate_locked_super(sb); - unlock_kernel(); return rc; } sb->s_flags |= MS_ACTIVE; simple_set_mnt(mnt, sb); - unlock_kernel(); return 0; } -- 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