The blkpg_ioctl and blkdev_reread_part access fields of the bdev and gendisk structures, yet they always do so under the protection of bdev->bd_mutex, which seems sufficient. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> --- block/ioctl.c | 4 ---- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c index 60f477c..09fd7f1 100644 --- a/block/ioctl.c +++ b/block/ioctl.c @@ -296,14 +296,10 @@ int blkdev_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned cmd, bd_release(bdev); return ret; case BLKPG: - lock_kernel(); ret = blkpg_ioctl(bdev, (struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user *) arg); - unlock_kernel(); break; case BLKRRPART: - lock_kernel(); ret = blkdev_reread_part(bdev); - unlock_kernel(); break; case BLKGETSIZE: size = bdev->bd_inode->i_size; -- 1.7.0.4 -- 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
