Taking a look at this it seems like using a lock in struct block_device isn't the right thing to do anyway - all the action is on fields in struct blk_trace, so having a lock inside that would make a lot more sense. It would also help to document what exactly we're actually protecting. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nilfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html