The BKL is completely out of the picture in the lockd and sunrpc code
these days. Update the antiquated comments that refer to it.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/lockd/svclock.c | 4 ++--
include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h | 2 +-
net/sunrpc/svc.c | 4 ++--
net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c | 3 +--
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/lockd/svclock.c b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
index 56598742dde4..5581e020644b 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svclock.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svclock.c
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(nlm_blocked_lock);
static const char *nlmdbg_cookie2a(const struct nlm_cookie *cookie)
{
/*
- * We can get away with a static buffer because we're only
- * called with BKL held.
+ * We can get away with a static buffer because this is only called
+ * from lockd, which is single-threaded.
*/
static char buf[2*NLM_MAXCOOKIELEN+1];
unsigned int i, len = sizeof(buf);
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 6f22cfeef5e3..fae6fb947fc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct svc_serv {
* We use sv_nrthreads as a reference count. svc_destroy() drops
* this refcount, so we need to bump it up around operations that
* change the number of threads. Horrible, but there it is.
- * Should be called with the BKL held.
+ * Should be called with the "service mutex" held.
*/
static inline void svc_get(struct svc_serv *serv)
{
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index 91eaef1844c8..78974e4d9ad2 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -768,8 +768,8 @@ svc_set_num_threads(struct svc_serv *serv, struct svc_pool *pool, int nrservs)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_set_num_threads);
/*
- * Called from a server thread as it's exiting. Caller must hold the BKL or
- * the "service mutex", whichever is appropriate for the service.
+ * Called from a server thread as it's exiting. Caller must hold the "service
+ * mutex" for the service.
*/
void
svc_exit_thread(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
index c69358b3cf7f..163ac45c3639 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc_xprt.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(svc_xprt_class_list);
* svc_pool->sp_lock protects most of the fields of that pool.
* svc_serv->sv_lock protects sv_tempsocks, sv_permsocks, sv_tmpcnt.
* when both need to be taken (rare), svc_serv->sv_lock is first.
- * BKL protects svc_serv->sv_nrthread.
+ * The "service mutex" protects svc_serv->sv_nrthread.
* svc_sock->sk_lock protects the svc_sock->sk_deferred list
* and the ->sk_info_authunix cache.
*
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static LIST_HEAD(svc_xprt_class_list);
* that no other thread will be using the transport or will
* try to set XPT_DEAD.
*/
-
int svc_reg_xprt_class(struct svc_xprt_class *xcl)
{
struct svc_xprt_class *cl;
--
2.1.0
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