> index cebaa3e81794..20ee291a7af4 100644 > --- a/fs/namespace.c > +++ b/fs/namespace.c > @@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ static int mnt_make_readonly(struct mount *mnt) > { > int ret = 0; > > - lock_mount_hash(); What about adding a lockdep_assert_lock_held in all the functions that used to take the lock to document the assumptions? > static int __mnt_unmake_readonly(struct mount *mnt) > { > - lock_mount_hash(); > mnt->mnt.mnt_flags &= ~MNT_READONLY; > - unlock_mount_hash(); > return 0; This helper is rather pointless now. > static void set_mount_attributes(struct mount *mnt, unsigned int mnt_flags) > { > - lock_mount_hash(); > mnt_flags |= mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & ~MNT_USER_SETTABLE_MASK; > mnt->mnt.mnt_flags = mnt_flags; > touch_mnt_namespace(mnt->mnt_ns); > - unlock_mount_hash(); In linux-next there is an additional notify_mount after the unlock here. Also while you touch this lock_mount_hash/unlock_mount_hash could be moved to namespace.c and maked static now.